RAM, Tesla and Subaru Have Worst Drivers, While BMWs Have Highest DUI Rates

Re:RAM, Tesla and Subaru Have Worst Drivers, While BMWs Have... by cbsmith on Monday December 18, 2023 @08:31PM (#38690703)

The brands are proxies for the buyers, so it's biased only if you think the manufacturing of the car is the culprit.

Pontiac, Mercury & Saturn are more likely to be driven by older drivers or at least people who keep their cars in service for a long time (which doesn't work out so well if you are getting into accidents).

DUI is very much a white guy crime (check the stats), and very much tied to a sense of entitlement... sounds like a lot of BMW drivers, no?

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Re:RAM, Tesla and Subaru Have Worst Drivers, While BMWs Have... by WarOnPrivacy on Monday December 18, 2023 @08:35PM (#38690739)

> Pontiac, Mercury & Saturn are more likely to be driven by older drivers or at least people who keep their cars in service for a long time.

Heh. Nah. All those brands are being driven by my poor friends and relatives.

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Re:RAM, Tesla and Subaru Have Worst Drivers, While BMWs Have... by cbsmith on Monday December 18, 2023 @08:54PM (#38690873)

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that your poor friends and relatives keep their cars in service for a long time.

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Re:RAM, Tesla and Subaru Have Worst Drivers, While BMWs Have... by dharmab on Monday December 18, 2023 @11:13PM (#38691733)

More likely they're getting hand-me-downs from relatives or buying very old used cars. It's hard to keep an old car running if you don't either have capital or free time to replace aging parts.

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Re:RAM, Tesla and Subaru Have Worst Drivers, While BMWs Have... by cbsmith on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @01:23PM (#38699396)

In my experience, since getting a replacement vehicle is challenging, deductibles are crushing, and increased insurance costs are debilitating, the poorer you are, the more careful you are driving your car.

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Re:RAM, Tesla and Subaru Have Worst Drivers, While BMWs Have... by to11mtm on Monday December 18, 2023 @08:39PM (#38690775)

IDK I'd drive an M/T SC2 again if I could get one for the right price. It's a very specific level of scary-fun that is absent in modern vehicles.

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Re:RAM, Tesla and Subaru Have Worst Drivers, While BMWs Have... by cbsmith on Monday December 18, 2023 @08:56PM (#38690885)

That suggests to me you're disproportionately likely to avoid getting into accidents.

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