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Re:An Update on Last Week’s Accident by skywhopper on Saturday March 31, 2018 @11:38AM (#16723705)
Less rich people, less healthy, driving smaller, older, less well maintained, less safely designed cars in more dangerous/remote locations. That’s a bunch of factors contributing to safety or lack thereof. Vehicle age alone is a huge factor in safety. Even the likelihood the driver and passengers are wearing a seatbelt is likely vastly different between Teslas vs all cars on the road. All those factors add up.

But that’s not even the point. The point is that the numbers Tesla gave are meaningless. Tesla’s stats would only be meaningful if you compared them to similarly sized/priced cars of the same age cohort with the same market segment. The fact that Tesla compares its luxury high-priced large sedans to all cars and not its own segment is itself very telling. They have those stats, and they would use them if they were compelling.

Re:An Update on Last Week’s Accident by Arnt on Saturday March 31, 2018 @11:54AM (#16723775)
I've heard that before and it still sounds puzzling... Elon Musk has an ego the size of Mars, right? So he wants to sell autopilot-equipped cars to everyone, and his basis for comparison is everyone.

(Last posting from me today.)