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.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 8 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 8 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?
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Do you know how to open your back door if the child lock is enabled?
masterspace@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
No, because I don’t enable the child lock and would be disturbed if I got in an Uber that had it enabled.