[thechao]

I don't have the self-driving feature in my Tesla; I have, however, developed a significant respect for the torque it delivers. It is, by a long margin, the quickest accelerating vehicle I have ever owned. The first three weeks I owned it, I think I nearly hit several cars: you press the accelerator and then you're there. I had to completely retrain myself to drive the car & carefully feather in acceleration.

[lamontcg]

I remember one post on reddit where some idiot in a Tesla launched it into an intersection and saw nothing wrong with that -- claming that it was unfair for everyone to give him shit over unsafe driving while he was merely "enjoying" his vehicle.

[hangonhn]

I really think this is one of the keys here. People coming from ICE aren't used to that much torque and it comes at the beginning and not the middle of the curve. If the road is even a little wet, I can see how this could be an issue and catch people by surprise. I remember going from a naturally aspirated car to a turbocharged car and getting caught by surprised when it kicked in. I think the surprise for EV drivers might be even worse. Subtle changes like that take time to get used to. I wonder if the statistics can be broken down further into how long someone has driven an EV and see if a different pattern emerges.

[vl]

This is why my M3P is in the chill mode. Sport mode is too jumpy and uncomfortable to drive.