So what happened with this woman dying, could she not pull the lever?
I hate Tesla and traded mine in after only two months of ownership, but in no way is the lever hidden or not extremely obvious. In fact it is more obvious than the button. Several times I had passengers try to use the manual lever, which doesn’t lower the window when used. After the second person did it, moving forward I told every person who hadn’t been in my car before to use the button before getting out. Was one of the many reasons I traded it in.
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 8 months ago
iAmNotorious@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I have no idea. I wasn’t there and didn’t even know about it until right now. Door could have been jammed shut after the accident like any other door that firefighters keep their jaws of life for.
VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Yeah it likely sunk into mud thus rendering all the debate over water pressure and lever location mute.
rsuri@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But that’s because they were used to other cars. If you’re used to pressing the button, that’s where you’re gonna go in a panic. Fear basically shuts down higher thought processes so you act fast rather than carefully. So the same reflexive action you use to exit in normal circumstances would be the only thing you can conceive of if you’re on fire or drowning.
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Another detail is that she was on the phone with people as she was sinking