Comment on YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency.

• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It could be a massive red lever with “EMERGENCY OPEN” text on it and the Tesla haters would still find something to complain about.

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is about the rear door. The rear door manual override is under the carpet here:

    images.app.goo.gl/MTFkjk8JPUu4iK7n7

    The most recent update added a red latch. It’s still in the bottom of the door pocket.

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• dotMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is a door handle ever marked?

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Usually manual release safety levers or buttons have red or yellow markings on them, yes. Sometimes they have a logo or icon to denote what they open, and sometimes they are marked with “PULL TO OPEN” or some other similar phrase.

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    • Malfeasant@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Eh, I’ve seen plenty of internal trunk releases that are just an unmarked handle that pulls a cable…

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      • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I am a professional mechanic, worked at several dealers. Nearly every car had a safety mechanism that was at least one of several of those. The only ones I didnt mention are ones that glow in the dark for trunk releases. But outside of cars that were built before mechanical safety releases were commonly incorporated in design, its not common to see mechanical safety releases that are completely unmarked. Some have a plastic cover, like the transmission neutral release, but they still generally have red/yellow/orange markings, text on them, or they glow in the dark.

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    • dotMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Interesting, I didn’t know that, I’ll have a look in my car next time I get in it.

      Does that only apply to doors than normally have an electronic way of opening them?

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• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its not the best picture, but it also has finger holds underneath. For someone looking to pull something, this gets pulled.

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