Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any car tested by NHTS

Re:Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any ... by craftyguy on Monday October 08, 2018 @12:26PM (#18168804)

In this case, "cheating" is defined as designing only to pass whatever the NHTSA happens to be testing now, and ignoring all other areas where things could go wrong.

edit: I'm not saying I agree with GP, just explaining what I think they meant by stating that they were "cheating."

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Re:Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any ... by dpkonofa on Monday October 08, 2018 @12:45PM (#18168995)

That doesn't really seem to be the case, though. The NHTSA looks at highway and road data to determine what types of crashes result in the highest number of fatalities and then creates tests around those. If "cheating" implies that they're only designed to pass what the NHTSA happens to be testing then, by extension, the vehicle would protect the occupants against the types of crashes that are most likely to result in a fatality. That seems like huge win to me.

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Re:Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any ... by craftyguy on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:41PM (#18169528)

I'm not saying I agree with OP, just explaining what I think they meant by stating that they were "cheating."

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Re:Model 3 achieves the lowest probability of injury of any ... by oh_sigh on Monday October 08, 2018 @03:02PM (#18170291)

> ignoring all other areas where things could go wrong

Doesn't this just say that NHSTA is ignoring other areas where things could go wrong?

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