Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust...
by philwelch on Friday November 29, 2019 @08:37PM
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Possibly controversial opinion: It isn't going to have mass appeal even in North America. The type of people who drive the Ford F-150 and similar American pickups are not the type of people who will drive a Cybertruck. So who is?
Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust...
by daedalus_f on Friday November 29, 2019 @08:20PM
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The United States has a traffic related mortality of 12.4 per 100,000 pop compared to the UKs 3.1 and well behind the rest of western Europe [1] Its almost as if there's something wrong with America's road regulations.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...
Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust...
by NickNameNick on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:20PM
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While I don't doubt there are shortcomings in the US's road safety regulatory regime, That's probably not a fair comparison.
I strongly suspect that on both a trip-miles and passenger-miles basis, the US far outstrips any european country.
*edit
If you sort that table on 'road fatalities per billion vehicle KM' you'll see the US at 7.3, same as Belgium. The UK is doing better at 3.4
Re:Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Aust...
by sjwright on Saturday November 30, 2019 @07:52PM
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I'd argue it's entirely fair. The fact that people in the US spend a lot more time in the car is part of the problem.
Fatalities per distance is fine for a technical comparison of road safety regulations.
Fatalities per population is more useful when comparing the safety of roads as they are used.
Cybertruck is a product designed squarely for this North American market and isn't going to have mass appeal in any other global markets beyond novelty factor for a small number of people with excessive disposable wealth.
Yes, the Cybertruck looks like a safety nightmare in many respects—especially for pedestrians—but I would dare guess that it'd still be safer across the board compared to its established competitors like the F-150.