How many people die of carbon monoxide poisoning from cars in their garage?
Teslas are to the right what semi-automatics are to the left. Semi-automatics are responsible for a vanishingly small portion of murders in America. But when they are involved, they make for mind-seizing drama. A thousand kids killed one-by-one by handguns or fentanyl or knives don’t make nearly the same amount of drama as a dozen kids killed by a rampage killer in a school.
Likewise, if someone dies in their home because they got distracted when taking the groceries in and left the car running, no-one knows*. But if they die because they got in a fender-bender and then drove their Tesla through too much standing water, their house fire will make every 10:00 news show across the globe.
(*I’ve done something similar. When my wife went into labor, I left the keys in the ignition and then briefly panicked when the car engine wouldn’t turn over until I realized it was already running. Now, no-one died because (1) it was outside anyway and (2) I came running back out IMMEDIATELY because what had me running so quickly I forgot the keys was my wife’s labor. And probably (3) it’s not like every time someone leaves a car engine running in a closed garage everybody dies....)
[[I’ve done something similar. When my wife went into labor, I left the keys in the ignition and then briefly panicked when the car engine wouldn’t turn over until I realized it was already running.]]
LOL- ive done that many times- having a tired mind and all-