Yggdrasill
Active Member
I'm not entirely convinced a Model S is the best car for people over 80. For several reasons:
- The Model S is a 4,650 lb battering ram. Given the recent crashes with the Model S, I think we can safely say that if the Model S is in a head-on collision with a train, the train would lose. I'd rather have older people driving safer cars, for everybody else. Maybe a NEV would be better...
- The Model S doesn't have some safety features like blind spot detection, lane assist, precrash breaking, etc. My reaction time is fine, so I don't need them, but again, I can see the utility for older people.
- The Model S, with it's regenerative breaking on the accelerator pedal, and where the regen is sometimes off, is significantly different to drive than fossil cars. If you have 50 years of experience driving a specific way, the transition will be harder.
The fact is that the older you get, it becomes less and less the issue of "if" you're going to have an accident, and more and more the issue of "when" you'll have an accident. Even if you pass all the medical exams and you still feel fine, things can go downhill faster than expected, and then suddenly you're going the wrong way on the freeway.
- The Model S is a 4,650 lb battering ram. Given the recent crashes with the Model S, I think we can safely say that if the Model S is in a head-on collision with a train, the train would lose. I'd rather have older people driving safer cars, for everybody else. Maybe a NEV would be better...
- The Model S doesn't have some safety features like blind spot detection, lane assist, precrash breaking, etc. My reaction time is fine, so I don't need them, but again, I can see the utility for older people.
- The Model S, with it's regenerative breaking on the accelerator pedal, and where the regen is sometimes off, is significantly different to drive than fossil cars. If you have 50 years of experience driving a specific way, the transition will be harder.
The fact is that the older you get, it becomes less and less the issue of "if" you're going to have an accident, and more and more the issue of "when" you'll have an accident. Even if you pass all the medical exams and you still feel fine, things can go downhill faster than expected, and then suddenly you're going the wrong way on the freeway.