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> Tesla owners absolutely can be habitual speeders, people who drive without sleep, road ragers, and drunk drivers. The average Tesla owner may well be those t
by ncallaway 5y ago
> Tesla owners absolutely can be habitual speeders, people who drive without sleep, road ragers, and drunk drivers.
The average Tesla owner may well be those things. But I know that *I* am not those things.
I know my own driving record well. I know my own accident history well.
So you don't have to convince me that Tesla is better than the average driver. You don't have to convince me that Tesla is better than the average Tesla owner. You have to convince me that Tesla is better than *me*.
Now, apply that same analysis to the 88% of drivers that think they are above the median [1] in terms of driving safety. It doesn't matter if I am _right_, it matters what I think about my relative driving safety.
[1] https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/1981-svenson.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/1981-svenson.pdf