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Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. They do have more accidents per 1000 drivers than any other brand.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-...ny-brand-study
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I can see this going down as well as Boy George visiting a clan meeting.
Oh well I'm in before the thread lock.
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I'll help by stirring a bit. The Tesla drivers are probably too busy looking down their noses at the ICE Car drivers to watch the road. Sorry; I know it's a cheap shot but I couldn't resist.
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What conclusions can we draw from RAM and BMW drivers? I must admit, I am getting a bit sick of insurance companies using "crash data" (whatever that means) to generate media publicity. RACQ Insurance (in Queensland) do this type of media feeding quite a bit. Last edited by whynot; 01-01-2024 at 10:56 PM. Reason: Accidently hit post before completing. |
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I feel that this is a disgusting waste of internet resources asking such a degrading question.
Especially when we know that the answer is a resounding YES Jokes. Teslas don't hold any interest for me, but I can't say that I've noticed a higher percentage of Tesla drivers being dickheads over any other brand. In my area, it does seem as though Rangers and Hi-Luxes are the predominant weapons of choice for knob jockeys.
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Impossible, while there are still Utes on the road.
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Not enough Cyber trucks out there to tell.
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Na , the worst drivers are all in NZ .....tight windy roads they can cause max frustration it's their Mecca
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I reckon Subaru drivers are the new Volvo drivers
Watch them next time you are out and about
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I think the Getz drivers, usually either P platers or very elderly (noting I am 70) are the suicidal Lemmings of the road pulling out of stop signs etc. Next biggest dangerous driving offenders seem to be BMW and Mercedes drivers who seem to think the own the road and we should all get out their way even when they are often on the wrong side of the road.
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![]() There's just blatant use ....see it everywhere you drive
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In Qld there’s different wierdo camera towers to catch you out And an $1161 fine Although it’s probably gone up Nz are soft on any form of law breaking Supersoft |
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Seeing our sister panel shop that specialises in Teslas is full and pumping along nicely I would have to agree, but seeing there are not too many Registered electric car repairers, I suppose it would be full.
The manager at our sister shop says that each Tesla repair starts at about $30,000, supposedly because you cant repair them with traditional methods and the car has to be stripped down to replace the bonded aluminium panels, as they cant repair aluminium panel only replace. |
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but the most infuriating part is that they will increase everyone else’s premiums to cover these vehicles. I’ve heard that in a side crash, if the battery case is dented or battery compromised, they write them off in the US as the cost of replacing a structural is horrendous… |
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You're all wrong; its silver Toyotas, in all their guises. NB. Subaru is a Toyota brand now, this probably moves them up the charts.
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My experience is that a lot do seem pretty average, BUT the bad ones are generally the Uber ones I see around, and its Uber drivers in general (whether Tesla, Camry or anything else) that are the worst drivers on the road by a country mile.
My biggest problem with Tesla drivers though, is that whenever i Drive my SSV Redline, every halfwit in a Tesla wants to race me... And its usually some Early/Middle 20's dude in a Base model Model 3 as well... Sad..
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Jeep drivers, hands down biggest tools on the road.
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Best I've seen - when indicating left, turned right. Indicated right, but turned left. Brake lights were on as was speeding up and slowed without brake lights... Last edited by Woefulfogger; 09-01-2024 at 12:58 AM. |
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Out on the freeways, its always the tool in the black Merc hogging the hammer lane and slightly under the speed limit totally oblivious to whats going on around them.
Usually the same fool doesn't know what parking in one car space means either. The only other ones that like to hog the fast lane are black BMW's and again slightly under the limit but with Highway Patrol written down the sides and back we tend to let that slide.
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I think this applies to Mercedes drivers too:
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