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Tesla Owners are Installing DIY Rip Cords to Avoid Being Trapped in Their Vehicles in Case of Fire (fuelarc.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tesla owners are modifying their cars to be escapable if the car catches fire, because the doors stop working like normal and you need to rely on well-hidden mechanical overrides.

Which... feels pretty dangerous, like that's the worst possible time for the doors to stop working like normal.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's probably easier to get one of those ceramic window breakers and get out that way. I'm pretty sure the rip cords are actually quite hard to pull.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Worship a Nazi get cooked in a oven. Justice is always served. Thank God, all men die.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat 3 points 3 days ago

Do they have one for the passenger(s)? And give a little safety briefing before they head out like on airplanes?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I've driven a couple cars with electronic door poppers and I'm having trouble understanding why anybody would want them. The novelty of accomplishing a routine task by pressing an electronic button instead of pulling a mechanical lever should have worn off in 1985.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago

Fire? What about the ticking time bomb batteries under you?

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