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Also, the US fatal accident rate is one death per 108 million miles, which includes motorcycles and teens and drunk people. Not only that, you'd expect driver
by mozumder 10y ago
Also, the US fatal accident rate is one death per 108 million miles, which includes motorcycles and teens and drunk people.
Not only that, you'd expect drivers in the higher-income demographic of US auto customers to have less fatal accidents.
The real comparison should between a model S and cars like the Mercedes S-Class, since this is all about car marketing anyways.
- gjem97 10y ago> Not only that, you'd expect drivers in the higher-income demographic of US auto customers to have less fatal accidents. What? Why?
- DanBC 10y agonewer, safer, well-maintained cars.
- mozumder 10y agoBecause they can afford cars with stronger safety features.
- twinkletwinkle 10y agoThey can also afford cars with stronger danger features, like turbochargers. They also might be more sheltered from the consequences of their actions and likely to be reckless while driving. Your assumption may even be correct, but I don't think it's obvious.
- mozumder 10y agoRich people are also older, and older people have low accident rates. In the end, the accident rate comparison to the global population is completely wrong.
- ceejayoz 10y ago> They can also afford cars with stronger danger features, like turbochargers. Which makes it a better comparison to Teslas, really. http://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-just-got-upgraded-to-ludicrous-speed-1718577723 http://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-just-got-upgraded-to-l...
- mempko 10y agoLooks like there are some cars with zero recorded deaths. http://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/29/record-9-models-have-zero-highway-deaths-iihs-says.html http://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/29/record-9-models-have-zero-hig... Telsa isn't one of them...