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

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/660354

The only survivor of the October 24 fire was a woman in her 20s who was able to get to safety after a quick thinking passer-by smashed a window of the burning Model Y car to free her

  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    And where are these releases? Are they accessible from the exterior easily like a door handle?

    • karl_chungus@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      1 month ago

      No that’s absolutely something valid to bring up the exterior door handles are dumb.

      If you actually want to know where they are, there’s one above the window controls on the front side doors, where your hand naturally rests. You just pull it up like a regular door handle.

      Backseats pull a tab in the storage area of their doors. It’s behind a little patch of fabric.

      • obviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        6·
        1 month ago

        That’s the first thing I’m going to think of while panicking when trapped in the back seat of a burning car that’s not mine: “pull a tab in the storage area of the door! It’s hidden behind a little patch of fabric, of course!”

        • karl_chungus@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          Yeah not going to defend the design just wanted to be clear it’s there and works. It’s not hard to see or feel around for but yes you need to know where it is and how to use it before it’s beneficial. Though to be fair that’s true of any feature or car.

          I once had a VW that had a special way of opening the regular door latch in order to engage the emergency latch, if you didn’t know how to do it, it wouldn’t work and wouldn’t be helpful. Some make you pull the handle twice.

          Maybe a larger problem is this stuff isn’t very standardized to look/work the same across all models so everyone reinvents critically important safety features.

        • pbbananaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          1 month ago

          Passenger side has it as well.

          Edit: oh it sounds like you’re wondering what someone outside the car does. They probably do the same thing they’d do for any car with hidden/shaved door handles (not exclusive to Tesla). Bust it open. It’s easy enough that vagrants do it all the time to steal junk.