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.
There is apparently a manual lever hidden underneath the button,
“hidden”
It doesnt look marked to me. If someone saw a door like that they would have absolutely no idea that was a lever/button unless they read through the entire owner’s manual. Which let’s be honest, nobody does that these days.
Is a door handle ever marked?
Usually manual release safety levers or buttons have red or yellow markings on them, yes. Sometimes they have a logo or icon to denote what they open, and sometimes they are marked with “PULL TO OPEN” or some other similar phrase.
Eh, I’ve seen plenty of internal trunk releases that are just an unmarked handle that pulls a cable…
I am a professional mechanic, worked at several dealers. Nearly every car had a safety mechanism that was at least one of several of those. The only ones I didnt mention are ones that glow in the dark for trunk releases. But outside of cars that were built before mechanical safety releases were commonly incorporated in design, its not common to see mechanical safety releases that are completely unmarked. Some have a plastic cover, like the transmission neutral release, but they still generally have red/yellow/orange markings, text on them, or they glow in the dark.
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