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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Best part about this study is that Telsa beat out Ram trucks, giant lifted monstrosities that are loved by people rocking punisher stickers.

Telling the press that autopilot and FSD is critical for safety, then getting a worst safety rating than Ram, is hilarious.

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chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Honestly thought that Dodge Ram drivers would carry Dodge to the highest DUI and accident rate combined. You have to really screw up to beat that.

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- wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Hold my bee- actually fuck it I’m gonna need all that I can get
  
  slams down a 6-pack without breathing, burps for 12 seconds solid, then climbs into my dually pussywagon and does a brake-stand burnout before roaring into the sunset
  
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  - nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    burnout before roaring into the ~~sunset~~ parking meter.
    
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dgmib@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m not intending to defend Musk or Tesla here, but this study is literally just insurance incidents by brand and makes no distinction between Teslas on autopilot and under human control.

Teslas tend to attract a certain kind of driver that likes their performance characteristics who are not typically known for being the safest drivers.

There’s no doubt that a lot of Tesla drivers abuse the autopilot capabilities, and the Elon Musk hype machine is at least partially to blame for that, possibly more.

But this isn’t evidence one way or the other about the safety of Tesla’s FSD.

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