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

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307 points MBCook | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 20:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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littlestymaar ◴[15 Nov 24 21:07 UTC] No.42151064[source]▶
> You can load the cars with safety features, but it doesn't change the fact that these cars are very heavy

Being heavy is actually a safety feature of sort (but just for the people inside the car, it increases overall fatality).

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1. legitster ◴[15 Nov 24 21:58 UTC] No.42151650[source]▶
In insurance they call it the "law of lugnuts" - bigger cars have better survivability in direct collisions.

However, most traffic fatalities do not come from direct collisions. They come from driver hitting immobile objects.

Smaller, lighter cars take less kinetic energy with them around corners, are easier to steer and avoid obstacles, and are more likely to stay upright when leaving the road.