Comment on Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months agoI have not found an article that breaks down other EV since there are few of them and lumped in with brand as a whole.
thestreet.com/…/new-report-finds-tesla-drivers-ar…
You’ll see ram and Subaru are comparable to tesla
machinin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In any case, I think we can dispel the myth that Tesla is one of the safest cars. They have the worst accident rates among all brands and their driving assist features either can’t keep idiots from making bad decisions or, worse, even amplify the dangerous effects that idiots create while driving.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
You need the study to clarify that. Oddly the first article says accidents but when you see how it’s defined, tickets such as spending are called an accident
machinin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They give 2 statistics, accidents and incidents. Accidents are crashes, incidents are crashes plus tickets.
Tesla has most accidents per driver. Ram has the most incidents - the report you mention. Tesla has the second most incidents.
So, Teslas still top the number is accidents. Agree, we would need a study to figure out if Tesla driving assist suite is either incompetent at driver safety or malignant to driver safety. Perhaps this lawsuit will shed some light on it.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
The driver assist is pretty damn good. It’s so good many people trust it to much. They’ll read email. Crawl in the back seat. You can go to Amazon and buy things to make it seems like your hands are on the wheel. Now the article did say EV are more likely to be read ended. I do wonder if that’s because of the phantom breaking.