Featured Tesla drivers are the worst, study shows

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  1. Gokhan

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    There have been dangerous driving conditions in LA with heavy rain since Thursday, and it is very annoying with some people still speeding.

    Here is a typical Tesla driver hydroplaning on the 405 freeway yesterday:

    Tesla driver loses control amid heavy rain on 405 Fwy in the Sepulveda Pass—ABC7 Los Angeles

    When Tesla becomes more and more mainstream, issues with bad Tesla drivers are becoming more common. They have already taken the lead in the worst-drivers list, and they will not even have a competition soon when used Teslas become cheaper and more widespread.

    Tesla drivers are the worst, study shows
     
    #1 Gokhan, Nov 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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    Wow! Unbelievable! This must be the first car ever ever ever in rainy conditions that any car ever hydroplaned. So now all we need is a first time evet for any car ever - that slid off the road due to ice. No wonder it proves all Tesla drivers are horrible.
    Thank you so much for the proof.

    How much time did you waste looking into this worst driver thing? Try looking up urban legends website because they indicate the website you finally found was blowing smoke up the sphincter.

    Study Claimed Tesla Had Highest Fatality Rate of Any Car Brand – But Is It True? | Snopes.com
     
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    #3 Gokhan, Nov 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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    This suggests an interesting prediction question: as Tesla becomes more and more mainstream, will
    • more and more drivers from the mainstream be turned into bad drivers? or
    • the badness of Tesla drivers as a group tend to revert toward the mainstream?
     
    #4 ChapmanF, Nov 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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    Tesla drivers are the worst? I always thought Prius drivers were the worst. At least that's in the area where I live. Prius drivers usually drive as fast as possible around here. Tesla drivers have to make sure they'll make it to the next charging station or home, which isn't that easy to do with the terrain and climate around here.
     
    #5 Isaac Zachary, Nov 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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    I always go to Lendingtree for peer reviewed research.
    This is as relevant as the 'studies' put out by iseecars. It isn't looking at a random sample for the data, but people using the insurance shopping tool. A person buying insurance for a Tesla, may not have had one for the incidences being reported for the quote.
     
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    LOL, this is like a paul gregory thread
     
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    Tesla is old yellow stain
     
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    So here is what Tesla reports: https://www.tesla.com/fsd/safety

    2025_safety.jpg

    Perhaps a minority Tesla driver due to the cost, $6,000 in 2019, I use Full Self Driving (FSD) all the time. Since AutoPilot, $1,200 in 2019, saved me and my family from a medical emergency the next month, it paid for itself in the first month.

    Curious, the Tesla safety report appears to be a training orientation presentation. I've long known and tested how to train novices with AutoPilot and FSD. So now my passengers fall asleep when I use FSD to drive. But it takes about two hours and two sessions before that level of confidence occurs.

    Bob Wilson
     
    #10 bwilson4web, Nov 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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