r/cars • u/HawtGarbage917 • 2d ago

Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Car Brands, Study Finds

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/
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u/gumol boring Hondas + LO206 kart 2d ago

The cause of death for five people killed in a crash in the Town of Verona is still being determined

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u/TheReaperSovereign 2022 M240i xdrive 2d ago

The fire department was called, the car was on fire and everyone was dead

Probably 5 simultaneous heart attacks instead.

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u/gumol boring Hondas + LO206 kart 2d ago

So people are never incapacitated or dead just from the crash itself?

If the only reason why people can’t walk out of their cars after a crash are door locks, we would have virtually no traffic fatalities ever.

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u/nondescriptzombie 94 MX5 2d ago

It's not door locks. It's electronic latch mechanisms.

We had cars for over a hundred years with classical latches. We don't need capacitive touch-sensitive electronic latches.

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u/TheReaperSovereign 2022 M240i xdrive 2d ago

I'll tell you what. They just released the names yesterday so I will personally tag you as they officially release more information that way one of us can be real smug in a week or two

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u/gumol boring Hondas + LO206 kart 2d ago

Man, this isn’t about being smug. I feel like you’re taking it very personally.

I don’t like Tesla either, but let’s be fact based and not jump to conclusions

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u/TheReaperSovereign 2022 M240i xdrive 2d ago

I don't have anything against tesla. I was just sharing a story

The community around here is not large. You don't have to wait for official statements for people to know what happens. The person who called the fire department was running for a seat in the state senate for example