The driver is NOT the owner
The driver is NOT the owner of the tracking data. And Tesla did try to contact them first with the data, but they falsely and publicly accused Tesla of having poor brakes at a big car show. The driver was speeding, going 75MPH on a road with a 50MPH speed limit, then he was improperly applying the brakes, and then Tesla's safety systems intervened to apply brakes fully, which lessened the severity of the accident. Showing the actual vehicle data is vital to transparency. I believe that many of these kinds of complaints are specifically made to blackmail automakers to pay settlements to avoid bad press. I am very glad that Tesla openly showed the data (which the bad driver says has been altered) to reveal that it was actually the driver (and not the Tesla) which was clearly at fault here. Plus Tesla apologized for not handling their case better in getting them the data earlier. And they have instituted a new process that releases accident data to Tesla drivers more quickly now.