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

werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• PagingDoctorLove@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They might all have one but if not, get one that has a seat belt cutter on it. And keep it in the front console, not anywhere in the back or in the glove compartment.

  I knew someone (an acquaintance, we weren’t close) who died in a crash because their seatbelt got stuck and they couldn’t get out. They had one of those cutter hammer combos but it was in the back seat. Absolutely nightmarish.

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  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My dad was driving a truck full of pigs back in the 70s. He was driving with 2 friends in a very heavy rain. They were crossing a shitty Mexican bridge when they lost traction and went off into the river upside down. The river/channel was narrow so they doors wouldn’t open. They managed to break the windshield and escape. None of the pigs survived. But neither the pigs nor my dad or friends were wearing seatbelts… because Mexico and 1970’s, reasons, etc. I mean the truck was a Datsun and those things did not have seatbelts installed from what I recall.

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  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Also fix it to the console with a clip. Can’t use the cutter when it is out of reach because the flipped over.

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• roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I ride my bicycle in traffic. I find the differences in our perceived risk profiles funny.

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