No need for remoteness. Imagine you drive into water or battery catches fire. You aren’t opening those doors.
rsuri@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Now imagine this happens in a remote area with no cell coverage. In Arizona those are a thing too.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
brlemworld@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There is a manual release on the inside … So yes you are.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No you are not. People panic and default to most commonly used behavior, this is why emergency exercises are a thing. In other words, the hidden manual release somewhere in the car that was never used is not going to be used in the moment of panic. You won’t even remember it exists.
Also, that’s only on some cars and only in the front. None on the back seat.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is not hidden, covered, obfuscated, or even in a weird location. It’s literally sitting right on the door handle. Also even with a standard 1990 car with fully manual doors you are not going to be escaping out the doors if your car falls into water. The pressure differential of the water pushing against your door prevents you from opening it until the entire inside of the car has filled with water, MythBusters did a whole episode on this back in the day if you want to go find that for the full story. But the tldr is that once your car is in the water you’re only Escape options are to break the window, get the window rolled down, or wait until the entire car has filled with water and the pressure equalizes
brlemworld@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Now imagine you are under the ocean talking to Aquaman.
Gigagoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Aquaman’s on a horse.
Psythik@lemmy.world 3 months ago
In the middle of nowhere, maybe. But I’ve been on several road trips across the state and had service the entire way, mostly LTE with a few spots of 3G here and there. As long as you’re near the highway or a town, you’ll get service.
PlutoParty@programming.dev 3 months ago
There are giant swaths of area with no coverage, especially in the mountains of arizona, including the freeways and especially highways. The entire western US can be spotty with signal out in the great wide open. It isn’t until the Midwest and more east that one should largely not worry about signal coverage anymore.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I assume Arizona has rocks and bricks and stuff lying around somewhere
erwan@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Luckily not even the Cybertruck is immune to those
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes. You go out to grab a rock, go back in and smash the windows. Or keep one tactical door opening rock beneath the seat.
Morphit@feddit.uk 3 months ago
For the toddler to use?
There is a mechanical door release if you’re trapped inside. To get in from outside obviously needs the vehicle to unlock, so it has to be jump started.
Even if there was some kind of back-up mechanical lock I can’t see anyone carrying around a key only for this specific eventuality. A glass breaker key-ring might be the best option — along with understanding how to use these emergency features in case you need them. A glass breaker might also save you in a fire or ending up underwater.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Mechanical release is hidden and not commonly used, or if ever. In moments of utter panic people will not even remember it exists, let alone use it. Also mechanical release is not available on all cars as far as I know and not present on back seat ever.
iamanurd@midwest.social 3 months ago
That’s the fun part. They’ve made it so the windows don’t break now either. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6tnEDH1HfD0
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 months ago
and how do you get to the battery to do that if you can’t get inside?
Wrench@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, but I don’t think EVs have spark plugs to smash and use to break the windows. Checkmate.