New data from the Highway Transportation and Safety Administration shows that people are twice as likely to die in fatal accidents involving Teslas than any other car brand (5.6 deaths per billion miles driven versus the average of 2.8 deaths per billion miles driven).
This debunks the idea that Tesla’s technology features make their cars safer. They are actually the unsafest cars on road.
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Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands, report shows
A new analysis of National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration auto crash data shows that Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands in the US.Jon Keegan (Sherwood News)
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Stacey Campbell
in reply to Dare Obasanjo • • •Some EVs, esp Teslas, can accelerate very quickly. This can get inexperienced or distracted drivers into trouble in an instant.
The linked fatal accident occurred a few blocks from my house. I simply couldn't figure out how the Tesla impacted that tree at the speeds required to cause that level of destruction given the location of wreck. The speed limit at that point of impact is 25 mph (40 kph).
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1 Killed, Two Seriously Injured In Woodland Hills Crash
CBS Los AngelesGabriel Pettier
in reply to Stacey Campbell • • •@stacey_campbell it’s impressive (not in a good way) that musk, who almost died 20 years ago by underestimating the power of his sport cart and accelerating recklessly, (peter thiel was with him and could have died too, can you imagine that?), has been pushing for cars with insane acceleration power in the hands of consumers for more than 10 years now.
He almost died stupidly, and learned nothing from it.
El Duvelle
in reply to Gabriel Pettier • • •Just a few weeks ago I was driving on the motorway. I was passing a truck and saw a Tesla approaching behind me. It was going pretty fast (and I was already at the speed limit) so I went back on the truck lane after passing the truck. The Tesla, instead of passing me, followed me in the same lane while suddenly accelerating (in a very artificial manner), as if I wasn't there. I had to accelerate to avoid it crashing into us. Fortunately, it didn't hit us and passed me at the last moment, but that was totally unsafe and weird, especially on a motorway where everyone is already going pretty fast.
Wish I had taken the licence number to report it but I was too shocked.
Afterwards I realised that because my car was white and we were on a hill with the sky in front of us, the Tesla probably did not detect us, and clearly the driver wasn't paying attention. Super dangerous not only to themselves but also to others, they should be banned.
#Tesla #TeslaSucks (haha didn't even know this hashtag was a thing)