Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash
Psythik@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I want to see you recite a haiku while the car is burning. Can’t think of one? Maybe relying on knowledge instead of intuition isn’t such a great idea.
People have died in front of emergency escape doors that are slide to open instead of push because of air pressure, so expecting people to find a little loop under a plastic cover in the door compartment during an emergency is asinine. Which is the case for Tesla Y, btw.
Imagine being in a burning car and needing the manual to open the doors. And then you can’t find it so you start googling “Tesla model S manual”, find a PDF, then start scrolling through it trying to find out how do you open the doors.
Here’s an idea, how about just make it so the handles mechanically open the damn doors? This is why i’ll never own an electric car, they’re full of bullshit like this where things are done electronically for absolutely no reason. I hate this fucking design phylosophy where everything has to be more complicated, less reliable and less functional.
Being electric isn’t the problem. These are design choices that assume that things will always be perfect.
True, but this design philosophy is currently omnipresent in electric vehicles. I guess i shouldn’t say never, maybe someday they’ll make an electric Lada and i’d buy that in an instant
Nonono. There’s no excuse to not make a door work mechanically. It should be easy and obvious to open from the inside. Why shit like this is even allowed is completely beyond me.
Ok, what about passengers?
What about kids? Should they start go right from ABC’s to the Tesla Model Y 2020-2021 Owners Manual?
What if it’s a rental, do you sit down and read the owners manual in the parking lot of the rental place before you go anywhere?
Door handles have basically been an industry standard as they are (mechanical) because of form and function. They just work, there is zero reason that door handles need to be electric and have a manual emergency release. The only reason I could grasp from the smallest straws was aesthetics: they look cooler/go better with the car.
Lamborghinis and Ferrari’s have mechanical door handles, if it’s good enough for them, it should be good enough for Musk.
Can I set your car on fire, and only let you out once you’ve shown me the fuse box?
No problem; the first one is under the hood on the right, and the second one is in the driver’s side footwell.
Now let me out please.
Any safety feature that requires you read how to use it has already failed. During an emergency, you have to know, intuitively, how to escape. It’s why panic bars exist on doors.
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Horse shit. Safety features should not require reading the manual to operate. They should be big, obvious, and easy to operate. What if you’re a passenger and the accident causes the driver to lose consciousness?
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Bigger horseshit in the manual: tesla.com/…/GUID-AAD769C7-88A3-4695-987E-0E00025F…
disgrunty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
How is that legal?!
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Perhaps same as 3 seat row or 2 door cars with rear row. Good luck escaping from the back in rush.
suodrazah@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Uber passenger? Better read the manual!
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Also safety features should be accessible to those panicking. It’s why heavy machinery emergency stops tend to be big red buttons/switches