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.

• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When you bought your car did you physically check to see how the rear seatbelts are operated or did you assume they were standard because of safety standards?

  People buy products assuming the minimum standard of safety that has been there for 50 years is still there.

  On the model X that was involved in the drowning, no one should be expected to read the user manual to find out the door open is a pull string behind the speaker grill.

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  • Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    First of all, yes - I do believe that we should normalize knowing how to operate the safety systems in the cras we drive. It’s crazy to me that’s even controversial. I do actually read the manuals for all the cars I own.

    But second, I think there is some confusion here. For the driver and front passenger, there is a clearly visible manual release on the door in the model X. It’s so prominent, most inexperienced users and guests believe it is the primary release The pull behind the speaker grill is the manual release for the rear seats.

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So you’re saying that the people who need to read the manual are the people in the back seat?

      So you need to read the manual to drive a Tesla, but you also need to read the manual before riding in one?

      Why are you defending an asininely unsafe design?

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      • Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you know how to open your back door if the child lock is enabled?

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, I think he was saying that Tesla are shittily designed. To RTFM or not to RTFM doesn’t matter much when emergency equipment and controls are not easily accessible in an emergency

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