• CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Sure you’d think you wouldn’t need regulations that state that there should be a manual way to open your car door. Have we gotten that stupid? Why in god’s name would you not have that option? What happens if the battery dies and you can’t start the car? You can’t open the door to pop the hood to even jump it. With all the brilliant people that work at a company like Tesla and no one thought there should be a way to open the door from the outside if there’s no power?

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      5 months ago

      Have we gotten that stupid?

      Something something “these regulations are written in blood” anecdote something something.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      They do have a manual way of opening the car door if memory serves. It’s just in a hard to find place where a toddler wouldn’t think to look. Either way it’s a bad design. Nothing wrong with manual door handles imo.

      • CafecitoHippo@lemm.ee
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        5 months ago

        They have one on the inside but not the outside. That’s why the mom couldn’t get into the vehicle or the firefighters and they had to take an axe to the window. How are you supposed to pop the hood to jump start your car if the battery is dead and you can’t get in the car because the battery is dead? It’s just a stupid design to not have a manual override.

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          5 months ago

          I believe they also have a jump port for exactly that purpose. If that doesn’t work you are stuffed though, as I believe has happened to some cyber truck owners.

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        5 months ago

        The toddler was strapped into the seat at the time, so chances are that they would not be able to find and open the door that way anyhow.