Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash

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• Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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?

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    • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Bigger horseshit in the manual: tesla.com/…/GUID-AAD769C7-88A3-4695-987E-0E00025F…

      Not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors.

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    • suodrazah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Uber passenger? Better read the manual!

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Also safety features should be accessible to those panicking. It’s why heavy machinery emergency stops tend to be big red buttons/switches

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  • Randelung@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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  • thawed_caveman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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.

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    • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Being electric isn’t the problem. These are design choices that assume that things will always be perfect.

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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Can I set your car on fire, and only let you out once you’ve shown me the fuse box?

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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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.

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  • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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.

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