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I was in somebody’s Y (I think? I don’t know teslas) a few weeks ago in the front seat and I pulled the mechanical door release across multiple different stops around town before he told me I was supposed to push the electronic “open door” button.
That spurred me to think “wait, if I pulled the mech release by default and it’s pretty obvious/intuitive, what’s all the hubbub about getting trapped in a car because the manual door releases are so difficult?”
I didn’t realize it was about the rear door handles rather than the front until right now. Granted, the front manual door handle is fairly different than “most” cars but I still found it pretty obvious… more obvious than the need to push a stupid little button to open a door.
People that havent been in one actually still make a fuss about the front ones because they don’t know its there. People who own one do though, as you’ve demonstrated how easy it is.
The real fuss should be about the back ones though, and how if youre unconscious people on the outside have no mechanical way.
I suspect the driver after this high speed crash was either unconscious, or the door was jammed, otherwise i think he would have gotten himself out.
O! Thank you for this picture.
I was in somebody’s Y (I think? I don’t know teslas) a few weeks ago in the front seat and I pulled the mechanical door release across multiple different stops around town before he told me I was supposed to push the electronic “open door” button.
That spurred me to think “wait, if I pulled the mech release by default and it’s pretty obvious/intuitive, what’s all the hubbub about getting trapped in a car because the manual door releases are so difficult?”
I didn’t realize it was about the rear door handles rather than the front until right now. Granted, the front manual door handle is fairly different than “most” cars but I still found it pretty obvious… more obvious than the need to push a stupid little button to open a door.
People that havent been in one actually still make a fuss about the front ones because they don’t know its there. People who own one do though, as you’ve demonstrated how easy it is.
The real fuss should be about the back ones though, and how if youre unconscious people on the outside have no mechanical way.
I suspect the driver after this high speed crash was either unconscious, or the door was jammed, otherwise i think he would have gotten himself out.