Comment on New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times

• tiny_electron@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There is a bias here in the numbers. Teslas are expensive and not everyone is buying them. The lower accident rate can be explained by the different demographic driving the vehicle rather than Teslas being better. For exemple, younger people might be more likely to cause accident because of different factors and they are also less likely to buy a Tesla because they are so expensive. I dont have the numbers for this, but we should all be careful with the claims of Tesla on safety when they compared themself to the global average.

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  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sure. There are always multiple factors in play. However I’d still be willing to bet that there’s nothing in Teslas that makes them inherently unsafe compared to other cars.

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    • royal_starfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      cough cough one pedal driving cough cough

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      • sky@codesink.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You mean the feature that every single EV has?

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  • masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The biggest bias is that the data comes from Tesla. Do you think they are going to release something that makes them look bad?

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• masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So Tesla says. There is no independent verification of this data. It could all be bullshit.

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  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Perhaps. I’m sure you’ll provide me with the independent data you’re basing that “Teslas are not safe” claim on

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    • masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So you take Tesla’s word and believe it, but ask for proof for the contrary?

      You’re just a hypocrite.

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      • narp@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You made the first comment: “Teslas aren’t safe”, without providing proof.

        And now you’re calling someone a hypocrite because he asks for data of exactly what you claimed, while you’re redefining your first argument as “the contrary”.

        So, do you have proof that Tesla’s aren’t safe in comparison to other cars, or is it just your opinion?

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      • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Tesla model Y scored the highest possible score on IIHS crash test as well as 5 stars on Euro NCAP

        Their other models have similar results. I believe Model X is the safest SUV ever made.

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  almost 4 times less likely to be involved in a crash than a human driven

  Not relevant at all here, when we are discussing occurences that seem so easily and obviously avoidable.

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  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I drive a 15 year old diesel truck.

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    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We’re talking about overall

      No.

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      • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Tesla’s are not safe

        Yes.

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  • masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tesla fails at basic safety in the most obvious and simple accidents.

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