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Statistically if you're wealthy enough to own a Tesla, you're also way less likely to have to drive when tired/under the influence for example. All sorts of co

Statistically if you're wealthy enough to own a Tesla, you're also way less likely to have to drive when tired/under the influence for example. All sorts of constraints are correlated with wealth that put you in way more risky situations if you're poorer.

roesel 9y ago
Do you have anything to back this claim? It seems to not make sense.
- Shaanie 9y ago
  For example: https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/46/6/721/129644 https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/46/6/721/129644 It's not exactly controversial to claim that lower income correlates to crime though.
  - huebnerob 9y ago
    There's lots of different kinds of crime, each very unique in its circumstances. Just try comparing the stats for securities fraud vs. drug possession, for example. DUI is a tough one, people of all socioeconomic backgrounds like to get drunk, and people of all socioeconomic backgrounds like to drive. Off the cuff, I might guess that the numbers would show DUI to be the most egalitarian crime, actually.
    - roel_v 9y ago
      How about you look at facts before spewing PC-motivated 'guesses', like http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(17)30078-6/fulltext http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-26... and http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/2/111 http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/2/111 - both from the first page of my first google search, I'm sure it's trivial to find many more.
martin_bech 9y ago
Bullshit or post a source.
- Shaanie 9y ago
  First scientific study after 10 seconds of googling https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/46/6/721/129644 https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/46/6/721/129644
  - martin_bech 9y ago
    But Shaanie, maybe im reading it wrong, but from that article, it seems that “poor people” are more likely to do a dui, by a factor of somewhere between 1 and 2.8. That does in no way directly correlate with Teslas beeing 3.7x safer than the average.

roesel 9y ago

Do you have anything to back this claim? It seems to not make sense.

Shaanie 9y ago
For example: https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/46/6/721/129644 https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/46/6/721/129644 It's not exactly controversial to claim that lower income correlates to crime though.
- huebnerob 9y ago
  There's lots of different kinds of crime, each very unique in its circumstances. Just try comparing the stats for securities fraud vs. drug possession, for example. DUI is a tough one, people of all socioeconomic backgrounds like to get drunk, and people of all socioeconomic backgrounds like to drive. Off the cuff, I might guess that the numbers would show DUI to be the most egalitarian crime, actually.
  - roel_v 9y ago
    How about you look at facts before spewing PC-motivated 'guesses', like http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(17)30078-6/fulltext http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-26... and http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/2/111 http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/2/111 - both from the first page of my first google search, I'm sure it's trivial to find many more.

martin_bech 9y ago

Bullshit or post a source.

Shaanie 9y ago
First scientific study after 10 seconds of googling https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/46/6/721/129644 https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/46/6/721/129644
- martin_bech 9y ago
  But Shaanie, maybe im reading it wrong, but from that article, it seems that “poor people” are more likely to do a dui, by a factor of somewhere between 1 and 2.8. That does in no way directly correlate with Teslas beeing 3.7x safer than the average.