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My next vehicle will be brand new anyway. I hate the idea of products that can't be worked on without asking the manufacturer for permission, the increased safe
by zemvpferreira 3y ago
My next vehicle will be brand new anyway. I hate the idea of products that can't be worked on without asking the manufacturer for permission, the increased safety compared to cars from the 90s/00s is too important to ignore.
- thegrim33 3y agoDoes anyone have the data on what an individual's chance of dying in any particular year is if they drive a car from, say, 2000, vs. a car from 2020? The difference has to be so slim, my gut feeling is the difference between 1 in 50,000,000 and 1 in 100,000,000. But I guess that's why I'm asking for the actual metric. Actually owning the vehicle, paying less for it, having a less complex more reliable vehicle, having a vehicle I can maintain myself, having a vehicle that obeys my commands rather than deciding on its own to refuse to run or to slam on the brakes, a vehicle that doesn't phone home data about me and my driving, is so much more important to me than a lottery ticket odds difference in whether I might die.
- zemvpferreira 3y agoyou could refer to the Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year as a proxy. In 1985, before airbags etc: 2.5 deaths per 100 million miles travelled. In 2000, after airbags: 1.5 deaths per 100 million miles travelled. After 2010, with extra safety systems: Around 1.1 deaths per 100 million miles travelled.