Flying Car Accident Attorney
The roadsters hop. They flip. They drive upside down. And now they're landing on Orange County. Gravity is optional. Liability isn't.
We were promised flying cars. Nobody promised flying drivers who could handle them.
Ever since the roadster rolled up a ramp, flipped upside down, kickflipped over a row of other cars and stuck the landing on cold-gas thrusters, Southern California drivers have discovered a whole new way to be bad at driving. Rear-ending you is so 2025. Now they land on you.
The good news: California law didn't need an update. A driver owes everyone around them reasonable care. That includes the people beside them, behind them, and, as of this week, beneath them.
The most common flying roadster crashes we're seeing
The Kickflip Rear-Ender
Traffic stops on the 405. The guy behind you doesn't. Instead he launches, rotates 360 degrees for the livestream, and lands on your trunk. California's basic speed law doesn't have an exception for "but it looked sick."
The Upside-Down Tailgater
Some owners now drive the parking garage ceiling at The Irvine Spectrum. When they lose suction, they fall on whatever's below. Usually a Honda. Sometimes a person carrying boba.
The Merge From Above
Merging used to be a horizontal problem. Now a roadster drops out of the sky into your lane on the 5 with zero signal. Turn signals are required in the vertical axis too. We checked. (We didn't. But they should be.)
The Thruster Blast
Cold gas isn't hot, but 600 liters of it at close range will peel the paint off your Prius, blow your sunglasses into the next zip code, and knock a cyclist into a hedge. Same thing, legally, as hitting them with a leaf blower the size of a Volkswagen.
The 0-60 in 0.81 Seconds Into a Bus Bench
Your internal organs were not consulted. Neither was the bus bench. Neither was the gentleman sitting on it.
The Driveway Landing
Your neighbor landed in your driveway. On your car. Then asked you to move it. Premises liability, property damage, and a strongly worded HOA letter, all in one.
Flying car accident FAQ
Is a flying car a car, a plane, or a really expensive trampoline?
The DMV says car. The FAA would like a word. For your injury claim, it really doesn't matter. If someone operates a vehicle carelessly and you get hurt, they're responsible, whether they were on the road, above it, or briefly underneath it.
The driver said "it was on autopilot." Does that get them off the hook?
No. The person behind the wheel is still the driver. If the software played a role, the manufacturer may be on the hook too. More defendants, more insurance. I don't hate that.
Does their car insurance even cover flying?
Great question. Their insurer is asking the same one, loudly, in a conference room. Whatever the answer, the driver's policy, their umbrella policy, your own uninsured motorist coverage and possibly the manufacturer are all on the table.
It landed on me while I was walking. Now what?
Get treatment, take photos (of the ground, and also up), get witness info, and call me. Pedestrian cases are already strong. Pedestrian-hit-from-above cases are, I'd argue, stronger.
Is this page serious?
About half. The flying roadster isn't shipping for over a year and the stunt version is invite-only. But the law already applies: careless driving is careless driving, in any dimension. And if you got hurt by a regular, boring, ground-based car, I take those cases very seriously.
Hurt by a car that stayed on the ground like a normal car?
That's still most of what we do. See our car accident page or try the case value calculator.
Satire. This page is a parody and the crash scenarios are fictional. The image is an illustration, not a real event. No affiliation with Tesla or any vehicle maker. Nothing here is legal advice or a guarantee of any result.