Why Does Telsa Keep Getting a Pass on These Accidents?

@AcidBurn It's like saying cruise control means auto pilot.

(Irony, that was an actual controversy)

@luckranger71 Yes we do. A great time to go after Dodd Frank, huh? Now we get to watch it all blow up so we can repeat the process. The GOP tanks the economy and loses the White House, the Democrats come in and clean up the mess, and then get voted out because...America.

@beckyromero Don't talk to me that way, ok? I'm not a child and I'm not an idiot. Thanks.

@Ynotisay

Then don't over-simply something like that while you're knocking someone else's comment.

You're not a child or an idiot, nor did I say so. (And I'm sure they're are plenty of things you could probably say [i]I[/i] need to read up on, too!)

My [b]point[/b] was that if it were not for FDR's policies (and, yes, the start of World War II played a big part, too, as some might argue), the United States [i]could[/i] have fallen susceptible to fascism as befell Germany and Italy.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/17/fascism-history-united-states

@SW-User To be fair, the only time it's not the drivers fault would be if the car is FULLY automated, like these self driving cars which "replace" drivers.

BUT in terms of something that the driver themselves enable, it is very much the drivers fault.

"Over reliance" is an apt description of the situation.

@Fangirlsarah1996 Yup. Blaming Tesla for these accidents is like blaming Boeing for the bombing of Nagasaki.

@SoFine Too many accidents? When compared to human driven cars? The stats don't back that up. And fully autonomous is even safer than the 'auto-pilot' feature Tesla offers. They also make drivers very aware that there are limitations with it. It's serving as a bridge.
If interested, here's a really good article predicting how the insurance industry will respond when fully autonomous becomes the norm. They're saying that by 2050, insurance will almost solely cover just theft and damage by weather.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/insurance/self-driving-cars-end-auto-insurance/

@Ynotisay in 2050 if any Tesla cars still produced I will pay you 1 million dollars.

@SoFine Is there something about their business model that you don't think will be effective longterm? What you're saying is sort of similar to what people said about Apple. And Amazon. Or are you just sort of "anti-Musky" and hope he, and his American company, fails?