Are Teslas safe in Disney parking lots?

[whiteness]

My car represents my desire to drive electric. It's not a political statement. At the time I bought it, it was one of the only options. I'll keep it because I love the car itself.

^This!

 

[tvguy]

My car represents my desire to drive electric. It's not a political statement. At the time I bought it, it was one of the only options. I'll keep it because I love the car itself.

I get that. I get tired of telling people that we don't go to Chick Fil A because we don't like their food, not as any form of protest.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Wow. That is a pretty sorry reason. Burning people's cars that they worked hard to buy because they don't like the guy who owns the manufacturer.

True, but so it is.

 

[Living42Day]

We have quite a few Teslas where I live and I have yet to see any vandalism or talk of vandalism. I think it also matters what type you have, if it's a CyberTruck it is more likely to attract attention than a Model X or Y.

There have been instances of vandalism to personal vehicles, but that happened even before the current climate. There are more vandals to cars with bumper stickers from what I have seen, unfortunately.

I would go and not worry about it.

 

[DCLMP]

True, but so it is.

Like you care.

 

[DCLMP]

Are they burning personally owned cars?

All the stories I have read are dealerships being attacked, cars that Tesla owns. I guess they could be Tesla service centers and customer cars there for service but I think the intention is to target unsold vehicles.

Keying them and putting feces on them are couple of stories I've seen.

 

[DCLMP]

My car represents my desire to drive electric. It's not a political statement. At the time I bought it, it was one of the only options. I'll keep it because I love the car itself.

Most people that drive Teslas are on the opposite side of the political statement. It seems like a nice car that I could never afford. I've never had a desire for an electric car. I like my old gas guzzler. There's some nutty people out there I understand your concern. A couple of years ago a bunch of cars were keyed in the airport parking garage mine just got one scratch, but I was shocked someone did that.

 

[barkley]

I'm sure there are cameras in the Disney parking lots. BUT... your Tesla has cameras. If you make sure you've got a good charge, leave Sentry Mode on, and you'll have video if something does happen.

just what advantage would camera footage from one's car in a busy parking lot serve? it's not like it could be used against some facial reccognition data base to identify a vandal.

 

[VandVsmama]

This is why I drive beat up 10+ yr old Hondas with 150,000 miles on them. Nobody ever wants to steal it or mess with it.

 

[StageTek]

Serious question: should I be worried that someone might intentionally damage my car while I'm parked on Disney property?

Serious question: have you heard of any reports at all of people intentionally damaging cars while parked on Disney property?

I know people are out there intentionally damaging Tesla's. Has anyone reading this post heard of any reports at all of people intentionally damaging cars while parked on Disney property?

 

[kdonnel]

just what advantage would camera footage from one's car in a busy parking lot serve? it's not like it could be used against some facial reccognition data base to identify a vandal.

There are more and more Flock Safety, https://www.flocksafety.com/, and other automatic plate readers going in everywhere. I pass dozens everyday driving around.

Combine the car video with general surveillance video with the plate readers and you can somewhat easily track the individual.

The level of video surveillance is concerning to me from a privacy perspective but it sure has made it more difficult to get away with crimes.

 

[whiteness]

Serious question: have you heard of any reports at all of people intentionally damaging cars while parked on Disney property?

I know people are out there intentionally damaging Tesla's. Has anyone reading this post heard of any reports at all of people intentionally damaging cars while parked on Disney property?

I see your point, but I honestly think it's not impossible given the recent news reports. I've never heard of mass shootings at Magic Kingdom, either, but Disney scans us for guns before entering the park.

I believe some risks are real based on the world we live in: just because we haven't yet experienced it specifically in Disney world is not proof that it cannot happen there in the future.

 

[EACarlson]

just what advantage would camera footage from one's car in a busy parking lot serve? it's not like it could be used against some facial reccognition data base to identify a vandal.

It's already been used at least twice to identify the criminal. Owners of the vehicles put the picture out on social media and ask anyone that recognizes the person to contact police.

 

[cabanafrau]

Serious question: have you heard of any reports at all of people intentionally damaging cars while parked on Disney property?

I know people are out there intentionally damaging Tesla's. Has anyone reading this post heard of any reports at all of people intentionally damaging cars while parked on Disney property?

Pretty sure that's entirely beside the point of this thread.

 

[robinb]

I believe some risks are real based on the world we live in: just because we haven't yet experienced it specifically in Disney world is not proof that it cannot happen there in the future.

You’ve answered your own question. A Tesla is no safer or at risk in a Disney parking lot than anywhere else. I’m not sure what else you’re looking for here. That Disney will go out of its way to specially protect your car? They won’t. You’ll just have to drive your car and hope for the best.

Unfortunately, you drive a car brand that has had a stigma associated with it well before the CEO began to work with the current president. I drive an EV and I never considered a Tesla when I bought my Honda 7 years ago because of Elon Musk.

 

[cabanafrau]

You’ve answered your own question. A Tesla is no safer or at risk in a Disney parking lot than anywhere else. I’m not sure what else you’re looking for here. That Disney will go out of its way to specially protect your car? They won’t. You’ll just have to drive your car and hope for the best.

Unfortunately, you drive a car brand that has had a stigma associated with it well before the CEO began to work with the current president. I drive an EV and I never considered a Tesla when I bought my Honda 7 years ago because of Elon Musk.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

just what advantage would camera footage from one's car in a busy parking lot serve? it's not like it could be used against some facial reccognition data base to identify a vandal.

While I do agree it would be hard to identify because of how many people come and go most especially in Disney's theme park most especially in Magic Kingdom's camera footage always has a good basis for usage. An isolated incident vs a pattern. Heck in the case of the one in my metro at the dealership someone's dashcam footage as they were driving and seeing the cars on fire caught a person running away from the scene. I'm not sure because it happened at night if it will be helpful in identifying but it's also a reason why the police (and in the case of the dealerships ATF and FBI) put out asking for footage. It helps piece things together. If it's daytime it's going to easier to help out. It doesn't mean the odds of someone being identified is soooo much higher, like I said in my first comment it would be harder to identify the person, but I'm not sure why you're questioning why such footage could be useful. I'm guessing you either don't watch enough news or enough crime shows lol.

 

[whiteness]

While I do agree it would be hard to identify because of how many people come and go most especially in Disney's theme park most especially in Magic Kingdom's camera footage always has a good basis for usage. An isolated incident vs a pattern. Heck in the case of the one in my metro at the dealership someone's dashcam footage as they were driving and seeing the cars on fire caught a person running away from the scene. I'm not sure because it happened at night if it will be helpful in identifying but it's also a reason why the police (and in the case of the dealerships ATF and FBI) put out asking for footage. It helps piece things together. If it's daytime it's going to easier to help out. It doesn't mean the odds of someone being identified is soooo much higher, like I said in my first comment it would be harder to identify the person, but I'm not sure why you're questioning why such footage could be useful. I'm guessing you either don't watch enough news or enough crime shows lol.

I heard that some folks are posting their camera footage online to crowdsource identification of vandalizers. I imagine it doesn't always work (maybe rarely), but hopefully if enough people get caught this way, it will act as a deterrence. If a Disney guest intentionally damages or defaces other guest's property, that person should have no expectation of anonymity while committing that act.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Like you care.

And this means what?

 

[barkley]

There are more and more Flock Safety, https://www.flocksafety.com/, and other automatic plate readers going in everywhere. I pass dozens everyday driving around.

Combine the car video with general surveillance video with the plate readers and you can somewhat easily track the individual.

The level of video surveillance is concerning to me from a privacy perspective but it sure has made it more difficult to get away with crimes.

I get it with the increased number of plate readers and surveillance cameras but I just think with the sheer volume of people entering a parking structure, unless they have readers on every floor to track which floor (and section for that matter) that a person parks on it would be difficult at best to narrow down which car(s) arrived during the window of time vandalism occured (and people that go back and forth to their cars from the parks long after they've parked would'nt even factor in). I also take into consideration that most plate readers are positioned to do just that-read/record the plate numbers so unless there is another camera that is also capturing faces of occupants of the individual cars it would be difficult to connect the dots.

I will say that it's amazing to see how some crimes have been solved using surveillance cameras that are out there-we've had several locally b/c of those placed on traffic lights and i've seen some in other areas that utilized systems that regional busses have placed on multiple exterior locations of individual busses (in response to fraudulent insurance claims of bus drivers causing auto/bus accidents). on the flip side unless it's a system that does a decent job of recording it seems like it's just intended to be used as a detergent (the majority of the 'crime alerts' on the local news trying to elicit the public's help have such poor quality footage it's impossible to identify suspects).

It's already been used at least twice to identify the criminal. Owners of the vehicles put the picture out on social media and ask anyone that recognizes the person to contact police.

I did'nt think of social media but I guess the 'citizen detectives' (sorry, big fan of the show 'yellowjackets') might be of some help.