So maybe it's to stroke my ego? But they're also putting their proverbial money where their mouth is.
You see how that's circular, right. It does not mean you are a safe driver.
You're trying to use each of these things to validate the other so you can then claim it's something entirely else.
I think it's telling that autopilot is allowed to drive in a manner that would otherwise negatively impact your safety score. Either autopilot is unsafe or the safety score doesn't measure actual safe driving.
We are all glad your car is giving you head pats and game badges.
Tesla tracks driving style and gives you an insurance rate based on those driving habits.
My insurance rate is about $90, which is the lowest the rate goes, because the things it tracks (following distance, for one) corresponds to a lower liability risk for the insurance underwriter, which in this case, is tesla.
The monthly price is directly correlated to driving habits. You seem to be getting confused about "safety score".
I'm genuinely confused as to what about this doesn't make sense to you.
Tesla is the underwriter. They give a monthly premium based on driving habits.
Tesla is the insurer. Tesla is also the manufacturer of the insured item.
You are using as proof of the claim, the fact that the group making the claim says they're right. This is big "We've investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong" energy.
https://www.tesla.com/support/safety-score#version-1.2
And looking at the rest of the criteria, they're ok, but hardly comprehensive. This is like, the bare minimum. It doesn't measure what I would call "doing stupid shit". Like crossing several lanes of traffic to get in a turn lane. Forcibly merging where you shouldn't. Nearly stopping in the middle of traffic before merging into a turn lane at the last minute. Straddling lanes because you're not sure if you really want to change lanes or not. Making a left turn from a major artery onto a side street at a place that is not protected by a light. Coming to a near complete stop for every speed bump, then rushing ahead to the next.
And a host of other things that demonstrates the person does not consider other people on the road at all.
Here's an entire article about how to game the safety score:
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/10/14/three-quick-tips-for-a-...
One of the tips is to "drive around the neighborhood when traffic is light".
And the car doesn't ding autopilot for behaviors it would knock a human for. Because the assumption is that the car would know better I guess. But then why isn't the safety score simply a deviation from what autopilot would do in a situation? If autopilot would brake hard to avoid a collision, shouldn't you?