Who'd a thunk it

[larrycpa]

https://insideevs.com/news/750265/tesla-drivers-are-worst-ev-safety-study/

 

[Haggy]

To put it in context, accidents, DUIs, speeding and citations were reported for under 4% of Tesla drivers, and even fewer drivers of other vehicles. It does not mean that the typical Tesla driver is a bad driver.

 

[borski]

To put it in context, accidents, DUIs, speeding and citations were reported for under 4% of Tesla drivers, and even fewer drivers of other vehicles. It does not mean that the typical Tesla driver is a bad driver.

I'm not disagreeing, but do you have a source for this? I couldn't find that data anywhere in the study.

 

[Haggy]

I'm not disagreeing, but do you have a source for this? I couldn't find that data anywhere in the study.

36.94 reported incidents per 1,000 drivers is 3.694 incidents per hundred drivers, or under 3.7%, with the median at about 2.7% and the best of the group at about 1.9%. The accident rate for Tesla drivers was about 2.6%, as opposed to about 1% for the very best, with the median slightly under 2%. While it's easy to say that it's almost three times as high, it's also easy to say that it does not represent the typical driver, who is very unlikely to be in an accident. When the percentage of Tesla drivers who have accidents differs by about 0.6% from the percentage of drivers at the median for ranked cars, then calling Tesla drivers the worst drivers is more than misleading. If you go by total incidents, it's also only about 1% away from the median.

Also, the brand of car is unlikely to be a factor when all demographic information is looked at. Once you factor in age, alcohol, driving experience, accident and incident rates prior to getting a Tesla, it's likely that the same demographic will have an equally high rate of incidents and accidents. I'm a retired managing scientist and used to do this for a living. It was decades ago but it's likely still the case unless the cars themselves are causing people to become bad drivers. Regardless, it doesn't show that the typical Tesla driver, or driver of any of those vehicles, is a bad driver.

 

[borski]

36.94 reported incidents per 1,000 drivers is 3.694 incidents per hundred drivers, or under 3.7%, with the median at about 2.7% and the best of the group at about 1.9%. The accident rate for Tesla drivers was about 2.6%, as opposed to about 1% for the very best, with the median slightly under 2%. While it's easy to say that it's almost three times as high, it's also easy to say that it does not represent the typical driver, who is very unlikely to be in an accident. When the percentage of Tesla drivers who have accidents differs by about 0.6% from the percentage of drivers at the median for ranked cars, then calling Tesla drivers the worst drivers is more than misleading. If you go by total incidents, it's also only about 1% away from the median.

Also, the brand of car is unlikely to be a factor when all demographic information is looked at. Once you factor in age, alcohol, driving experience, accident and incident rates prior to getting a Tesla, it's likely that the same demographic will have an equally high rate of incidents and accidents. I'm a retired managing scientist and used to do this for a living. It was decades ago but it's likely still the case unless the cars themselves are causing people to become bad drivers. Regardless, it doesn't show that the typical Tesla driver, or driver of any of those vehicles, is a bad driver.

Got it, I see what you're saying; I misunderstood what you meant in your first post. I agree with your analysis.