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Tesla has the highest fatal accident rate of all auto brands, study finds

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307 points MBCook | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 20:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source
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legitster ◴[15 Nov 24 20:46 UTC] No.42150811[source]▶
In a big picture, this makes sense. You can load the cars with safety features, but it doesn't change the fact that these cars are very heavy, very fast, and loaded with features that reward distracted driving. In the US at least, the top killer of drivers are trees on the side of the road.
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akira2501 ◴[15 Nov 24 21:11 UTC] No.42151123[source]▶
> and loaded with features

"Ludicrous mode."

> the top killer of drivers are trees on the side of the road.

It's actually alcohol and drugs. Which is the reason those drivers find themselves in the trees.

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doctorpangloss[dead post] ◴[15 Nov 24 21:15 UTC] No.42151170[source]▶
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akira2501 ◴[15 Nov 24 21:33 UTC] No.42151370[source]▶
Actually that would be Texas. Texas has more road fatalities than California. This is _not_ per capita, but in total, which is an interesting statistical point in and of itself.

The data is really easy to get. I wish more people would avail themselves of it.

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1. doctorpangloss ◴[15 Nov 24 21:41 UTC] No.42151464[source]▶
Huh? I agree that there are way too many DUI deaths everywhere. The thing I am mocking is this idea that "MY group DOESN'T have these problems and YOUR group DOES." In one case, the group is Tesla owners; another case, the group was, I guess, trees on roads; another was people who drink and drive - a typical HN reader, I am confident, believes that he does not belong to that group. And yet. Perhaps there is a group that the typical HN reader belongs to that does indeed drink and drive.
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2. ggurface ◴[15 Nov 24 22:02 UTC] No.42151685[source]▶
Your point didn't come across at all.