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[–] phoneymouse 25 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Always carry a glass breaker in your car within reach of the drivers seat

[–] eran_morad 18 points 10 months ago (7 children)

My car’s headrests have a glass breaker tip at the bottom of the metal bars that you use to raise/lower them. I imagine this is standard in many modern-ish cars.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

New Teslas have laminated glass, not tempered glass. It does not shatter.

https://youtu.be/6tnEDH1HfD0?t=378

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (8 children)

WTF, how can they just make a change like that, and it get approved to be on the road?

Youtube comment,

Tesla that crashed into a pole, it was on fire, and the driver was trapped behind the laminated glass. Scary situation.

The first in crew that responded had a firefighter try to break the glass with a conventional window punch device, that didn't work.

Then he tried smashing it with some forcible entry tools, that didn't work either.

The driver ended up dying. It took 45 mins to extinguish the flames and 15 mins to get the car doors open.

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[–] Plague_Doctor 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Apparently not in door gap, trunk lid pours water into car, discharged battery can't open rear passenger doors, Teslas.

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[–] MeekerThanBeaker 24 points 10 months ago

I skimmed the headline too quickly when I saw "billionaire" and "panicked last call" then I thought she was somehow involved in insider trading for Tesla stock.

[–] Blue_Morpho 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mitch's sister in law died in a Tesla.

Mitch Endorses Trump.

Trump meets with Elon Musk.

Do I have the timeline correct?

[–] Fedizen 12 points 9 months ago (6 children)

theoretically it should be possible to remotely control a tesla. I'm not saying its murder, but did anyone check?

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[–] Arthur_Leywin 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Annnnnd I'm becoming a worse person cuz this put a smile on my face. Honestly it's partially her fault for trusting Elon's company.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

When your Tesla is on fire, or sinking, you can play a fun little game called "Find the manual door release"

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