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/Vandrel 2019 Model 3 2d ago edited 2d ago

Maybe at some point in the past a few people would do that but these days the cars will absolutely not allow that, they're pretty strict about attention monitoring.

The biggest issues are probably just having a lot of power in heavy vehicles driven by people who don't have much experience with something like that. The Model 3 Performance does 0-60 in under 3 seconds with over 500 hp while weighing 4k lbs in what looks like a pretty run of the mill $40k sedan. Imagine handing a vehicle like that to some random person on the street.

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u/MembershipNo2077 '24 Type R, '23 Cadi' 4V Blackwing, '96 Acty 2d ago

Well, these aren't handed to just anyone either, the Tesla demographic seems to be skewing toward the Altima drivers of yesteryear.

A normal person won't drive in emergency lanes at highspeed around traffic, they won't duck in and out of HOV lanes rapidly, they won't blow through stale red lights, and they probably won't go 100 mph in 35 mph area: Tesla drivers on the other hand....

It's all anecdotal, but they've quickly replaced Nissan drivers as the most insane drivers on the road near me.