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Re:Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Bra... by vikingerik on Friday November 15, 2024 @05:19PM (#42151874)
I'd also venture that the profile of Tesla drivers is also a factor along with those other two brands. I'd be pretty sure that Tesla owners collectively drive more aggressively than the average car on the road. Teslas aren't being driven by soccer moms and careful grandmas.
Re:Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Bra... by LUmBULtERA on Friday November 15, 2024 @08:15PM (#42153293)
Model Y are driven by tons and tons of “soccer moms” and dads. Probably the most common car now per capita, at least in my area.
Re:Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Bra... by buffington on Friday November 15, 2024 @07:33PM (#42152995)
Where I live, I'd estimate that a third of the passenger cars are Teslas. No data to back that up, but that's what I tend to see day to day. The diversity of drivers is significant enough to suggest that "all kinds of people" drive Teslas.
Re:Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Bra... by SoftTalker on Friday November 15, 2024 @10:18PM (#42153843)
A third? Wow. Where I am they are not exactly rare but uncommon enough that I still notice them when I see them. I see a few a week I'd guess. Pre-pandemic I knew one person who owned a Tesla. And now... I know two people who own a Tesla, but one of them lives in another country.
Re:Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Bra... by duderific on Friday November 15, 2024 @06:47PM (#42152652)
Lots of soccer moms driving Teslas in the Bay Area. Know several myself.
Re:Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Bra... by aziaziazi on Friday November 15, 2024 @06:37PM (#42152567)
Does the insurance cost vary between two cars almost identical in every relevant points but the brand? Not a rhetorical question.
Re:Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Bra... by not_a_bot_4sho on Friday November 15, 2024 @09:50PM (#42153704)
This runs completely opposite of my observations. Especially with Model Ys, which seem to be driven exclusively by parents. (Call them "soccer moms" if you want.)
Re:Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Bra... by incognition on Friday November 15, 2024 @11:47PM (#42154358)
Soccer moms are aggressive man. Don’t know where you are. One wrapped hers around a tree here tho