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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: 0s | 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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ToucanLoucan ◴[15 Nov 24 20:49 UTC] No.42150846[source]▶
In a bigger picture, cars are a bad solution to the problem of transportation at scale, and really always have been. As safety features go up, complacency goes up, and to be blunt that's combining with the fact that drivers are getting consistently worse overall at the skill anyway.

Between EV's that are much, much heavier than ICE cars and SUVs/Trucks that are much larger than they need to be, vehicles themselves, despite having more safety features than ever, are also better at killing that they've been at a long time too.

We really need to get serious about improving our transportation infrastructure.

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randomdata ◴[15 Nov 24 20:54 UTC] No.42150907[source]▶
> We really need to get serious about improving our transportation infrastructure.

Better yet, we really need to consider urbanization. That way everything you need is right there by your own two feet. No need for any extra special transportation at all.

It seems people have a burning desire to live the rural lifestyle, though, even in so-called cities. I'm not sure we can actually overcome that pressure.

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ghaff ◴[15 Nov 24 21:00 UTC] No.42150980{3}[source]▶
Many of us simply don't want to live in expensive urbanized environments (especially in more desirable ones)--at least at many points in our lives, so yeah no.
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HeatrayEnjoyer ◴[15 Nov 24 21:34 UTC] No.42151380{4}[source]▶
Urbanization decreases costs.
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1. rufus_foreman ◴[15 Nov 24 23:27 UTC] No.42152475{5}[source]▶
How much does 160 acres of land cost in rural Kansas? Maybe $500,000? How much does 160 acres of land cost in Manhattan? Maybe $800,000,000?

Urbanization decreases some costs and increases others.