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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (4 children)

My guess it's kind of like when you get solar panels and you're tied to the grid you feel a little better about using electricity willy-nilly, and so you use more electricity with solar panels than without.

I'm willing to bet that Tesla drivers were told that this vehicle will prevent them from getting an accident and so they are driving worse because they feel like they don't have to be as on guard as they do behind a non Tesla vehicle.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I am both shocked and pleased that Ford did not make this list. Seriously, the brand with the most sold pickup truck doesn’t make a list for just about everything?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'd bet a significant chunk of the F150's sold every year go to fleet operators which would skew the saftey numbers.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (13 children)

Oh this is hilarious. First, I own a Mercury and a Ram, so I'm apparently the best and the worst at having accidents, DUIs, and tickets.

But I think there's an inherent terrible bias in the data: "Our latest analysis uses QuoteWizard by LendingTree insurance quote data..." In other words, people who are regularly shopping for insurance. Probably because they have high rates, so therefore they are looking for better rates. Why do they have high rates? Probably because they have more crashes, DUIs, and other tickets than the average drivers.

I doubt that most people with normal rates go changing insurance companies regularly.

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