• @boaratio
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    481 day ago

    I can’t believe there isn’t an NHTSA regulation about manual egress from an unpowered vehicle. This is just bonkers.

    • Undearius
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      14 hours ago

      When I rode as a passanger in a Tesla Model 3, the owner told me not to use the big pull handle because it was the manual release, and instead to use the button at the top of the grab bar.

      I don’t know about the other models but the manual release was a more obvious way to open the door than the intended way.

    • @DiagnosedADHD
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      There are manual releases but they’re hidden. They need to be more obvious because these cars are rented to people and obviously the owners aren’t taking the time to figure out where they’re at.

      I would also think just having secondary power packs in each door would help in the event power is cut to ensure the doors can continue to function for a few minutes while also a speaker could explain how to use the emergency release if none of the doors are working.

      All this added complexity and cost isn’t worth it to me, manual doors just make sense for so many reasons.

      • @Zron
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        3424 hours ago

        Or, how about this: it’s a door, have it work like every other car door for the last 70 years.

        Redesigning stuff to make it “cool” and “futuristic” is fucking stupid and is clearly not safe. Doors have handles, the handles are pulled to open the door. Keep it simple.

      • @[email protected]
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        823 hours ago

        Eject the doors with explosives as soon as the vehicle velocity is zero and fuck everyone else. Tumbler style.

        • dch82
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          421 hours ago

          Awesome way to enter the cinema though

          • @WhatYouNeed
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            17 hours ago

            Or at a red carpet premier: pull up, doors blast off, step out in style over the mangled bodies of the paparazzi…

      • @Ultraviolet
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        23 hours ago

        The reason given for hiding them just makes that fact worse. It’s for “aesthetics”. Manual latches don’t look futuristic enough.

        • @captainlezbian
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          321 hours ago

          In the future nobody reads “the design of everyday things” apparently

          • @Reddfugee42
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            219 hours ago

            In the future nobody reads “the design of everyday things” apparently

      • @NotMyOldRedditName
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        31 day ago

        The front handles aren’t hidden. They’re so obvious everyone I take in my car tries to use them first if I don’t tell them.

        Back doors is a whole other story.

        • @[email protected]
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          223 hours ago

          That’s if they have them. Apparently some models of the Y don’t come with manual back door releases.

          • @NotMyOldRedditName
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            223 hours ago

            Back doors is a whole other story.

            Thats what this means. The back seats are hit and miss depending on the vehicle.

            • @[email protected]
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              423 hours ago

              I thought that was more in reference to the release being hidden under a mat to access. The fact that ‘a whole other story’ could be misconstrued two ways I think just shows how bonkers this is 😂

              • @NotMyOldRedditName
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                322 hours ago

                Ah, I can see how that may have come across like that. My bad.