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Re:Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopil... by dsfyu404ed on Thursday May 02, 2019 @07:36AM (#19806777)
>In the US, there is one automotive fatality every 86 million miles across all vehicles from all manufacturers. For Tesla, there is one fatality, including known pedestrian fatalities, every 320 million miles in vehicles equipped with Autopilot hardware. If you are driving a Tesla equipped with Autopilot hardware, you are 3.7 times less likely to be involved in a fatal accident.

This is a dishonest comparison. You're comparing the Tesla to an "average" that includes 1995 Corollas that will happily let a telephone pole into the cabin and 1999 Dodge Dakotas that will readily turn into a pancake if you put them on their roof.

You're also comparing across economic classes and demographic groups. Your average Tesla owner is not going to be working 3rd shift or making a 100mi commute and consequently has a much lower chance of starting a small logging operation after falling asleep at the wheel or harvesting venison at high speed. Your average Tesla owner is also likely of an age where they're too old to be driving dangerously fast for conditions all the time but not yet old enough to be getting bad at driving. Basically the mean/mode Tesla owner is a wealthy-ish 30-something to 50-something man and that's a really safe demographic compared to the national average.

If you want to make a fair comparison compare the Teslas models to other sedans of similar age and price.

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