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Four Passengers Die in Burning Tesla After Electronic Doors Seemingly Won't Open (futurism.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by streetfestival@lemmy.ca to c/fuckcars@lemmy.ca

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This happened in Toronto on October 24th

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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Emergency exit mechanisms should be designed in such a way that one CAN forget about it or never even know about it, then have it obvious, readily available, and usable, all for/by the dumbest motherfucker in existence, in an emergency situation.

The most common analogous situation is emergency exit door signage. Most companies do an annual fire drill, which isn't enough to really learn anything. Emergency exit signs are easy to interpret and anyone can understand what they mean and use them to get to safety, regardless of prior experience.

Vehicle doors should be the same. Tesla front doors tend to be easy and obvious to open in an emergency (I own one and front seat passengers frequently use the emergency latch instead of the door button), but the rear doors (for the people seated closest to the damn battery nonetheless) have ridiculously difficult emergency opening procedures.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree. Some people aren't level headed in a panic scenario. They need glow in the dark arrows like the markings on jet planes pointing to the canopy release

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some? I'd say this applies to almost everyone.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I may be biased as a person that has been in a lot of scenarios where I remain levelheaded. Paramedics suggested I become one after seeing my calmness dealing with an accident scenario.