Obvious design flaw is obvious. Do cars not need to meet basic safety standards to be roadworthy?
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2024
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They do, but this is a case of a basic safety standard so obvious that it has never needed to be mandated.
Basically, they invented a never before seen safety flaw that did not previously exist.
This isn't the only time this one has endangered people. Its quite likely the rather wealthy and well connected lady who drowned a few months back was not helped by the 'battery dead/systems shorted = doors and windows dont open' problem.
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If America cared about road safety, no Tesla running Full Self Driving^TM Auto-Pilot^TM Completely Drives Itself^TM would be allowed on the road and trucks with 6 foot high hoods would all be confiscated at gun point.
Not in america, sharp corners apparently are ok.
Absolutely wild that the doors just can't idk be opened
No physical key lock on outside is a major design flaw.
Even our newest cars with distance-sensing remotes have one door with a key lock, which I check occasionally to make sure it works.
Safety and practicality aren't innovative.
They can. The owner of the vehicle should have read its manual before they used it.
How?
You got me. I expected tesla user guide
Maybe you should read the owner manual or even the article that you are commenting on. The doors can be manually opened but ONLY from the inside of the car. Not something you can expect a 20 month old child to have the capability to operate while being strapped into their car seat.
no
To be honest I have no clue how to open the doors without the key fob on my 17 year old truck either. There's no slot for the key on the door handle.
It's probably hidden under the trim piece of the handle, to the right of the actual handle piece.
Look for a key sized cutout on the bottom edge of that trim piece. I'd use something plastic to pop it off though.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The car’s owner, Renee Sanchez, was taking her granddaughter to the zoo, but after loading the child in the Model Y, she closed the door and wasn’t able to open it again.
“My phone key wouldn’t open it,” Sanchez said in an interview with Arizona’s Family.
“My car key wouldn’t open it.” She called emergency services, and firefighters were dispatched to help.
Tesla didn’t respond to a request for comment; it has dissolved its press office.
Earlier this week, Arizona’s Family reported on an instance of a woman getting trapped in her Model Y, though she was able to get out of the car once she learned of the latch.
Last year, an Arizona driver said he was trapped in his Model Y on a hot day and got out thanks to help from his sister.
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Fucking lmao "they dissolved their press office"
Why wait for fire fighters to smash the window? Grab a rock.
Imagine if it had been a cyber truck. Those windows are unreadable! (/s)