Automotive research firm finds that Tesla has higher frequency of deadly accidents than any other car brand

  • RandomStickman@fedia.io
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    5 days ago

    Maybe Tesla drivers are more irresponsible than other car owners.

    This is my first thought. Anecdotally Tesla drivers joins the ranks of Audi and BMW of insane drivers around me.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      Eh, I’ve seen the opposite. Most of the Tesla drivers in my area seem to drive relatively slowly. Yes, Teslas can go fast, but that burns through range like crazy, so I think a lot of them want that better range.

      BMW drivers here are the worst because act completely entitled. They’ll cross multiple lanes on the highway w/o signaling, aggressively pass on the right just to slow down to the speed of traffic again, and they’ll park across multiple parking stalls. Audis are similar, but the demographics seem to skew a bit older.

      Here are the main demographics I tend to see in my area (Utah):

      • wannabe cowboys - big lifted trucks
      • rich “racers” - BMW, sports cars (mostly Corvettes here), etc
      • entitled “family” types - huge SUVs (esp. Cadillac Escalade)
      • “outdoorsy” people (and wannabe “outdoorsy” people) - Subaru
      • wannabe “green” people - Tesla, Rivian, etc
      • actual green people - Chevy Bolt, Toyota Prius

      The first three drive super aggressively, the fourth can vary, the fifth drives pretty normal, and the last tend to drive pretty conservatively. At least that’s my read from my area.

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        5 days ago

        That’s Exactly my experience with Tesla drivers too (Denmark), Tesla drivers generally drive “comfortably” as I see it, and I’ve never seen a Tesla show off at a red light.
        In my experience Tesla drivers are responsible drivers as much as everybody else. So I am pretty sure this is NOT a driver issue.

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      They’re a cross between BMW drivers and incapable Prius drivers from the oast when they were the first hybrids.

      Aka, you have the douches driving like entitled dicks because of the speed and prestige of the brand, and then you have the eco focused clueless drivers putting around.

      I tend to keep a wary eye on all teslas because either way, they’re unpredictable.