YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency.
https://lemmy.world/post/13006126
YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. - Lemmy.World
In the past, laminated glass was usually installed in the windshield, with side
and rear windows being tempered only. The difference is that tempered glass is
per-stressed so that when it cracks, it shatters into many tiny and dull pieces.
Laminated is the same thing, but with layers of plastic sandwiched with layers
of tempered glass. Laminated glass will still shatter, but will be held together
by the plastic layers. In an emergency, small improvised, or purpose built tools
meant to shatter tempered glass will be useless if the glass is laminated.
Wasn’t it also the door opening mechanism was electronic and it stopped functioning once underwater?
There is apparently a manual lever hidden underneath the button, but that sure does seem like a bad design idea in an emergency.
I hate Tesla and traded mine in after only two months of ownership, but in no way is the lever hidden or not extremely obvious. In fact it is more obvious than the button. Several times I had passengers try to use the manual lever, which doesn’t lower the window when used. After the second person did it, moving forward I told every person who hadn’t been in my car before to use the button before getting out. Was one of the many reasons I traded it in.
But that’s because they were used to other cars. If you’re used to pressing the button, that’s where you’re gonna go in a panic. Fear basically
shuts down higher thought processes so you act fast rather than carefully. So the same reflexive action you use to exit in normal circumstances would be the only thing you can conceive of if you’re on fire or drowning.
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