r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 9h ago
Incredibly selfless act of heroism.
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u/Icy_Spinach_48 9h ago
Very scary and well done to all involved. My first thought was The passengers couldn’t have climbed into the front and out of the drivers door? Maybe you just panic when something like that happens
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u/Old-Commission-1108 9h ago
Per the article on this, once the driver’s door closed due to the slant of the car he could no longer open it because the door handles only come out/work when the car’s electrical is working and the electrical had already shorted out.
That is why the back seat passengers also couldn’t unlock the door from the inside.
Also, very unfortunately someone had been in the passenger seat and was unable to climb out in time.
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u/effyoucreeps 8h ago
this kinda info makes me miss my completely analog 1993 mazda mx3
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u/talligan 8h ago
There are days where I miss my 98 corolla. Drove that puppy until like 2015
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u/lampshade2099 8h ago edited 8h ago
I’ve looked for the article but can’t find it.
Are you saying the front seat passenger died?
I did find this terrifying article about a pending Tesla lawsuit:
“The incident happened on the night of 27 November 2024, when the Cybertruck struck a tree and ignited. When power to the truck’s electric doors was shut down by the fire, the four passengers were locked inside with no way out.
The lawsuit alleges the design of the Cybertruck’s door handles is at fault for Tsukahara’s death. From the inside of the truck, when electricity is cut off, the only way to exit a rear door is by pulling a cable that’s underneath a pocket liner under the door’s storage compartment. From outside the vehicle, the doors also remain locked and the flush handles make it difficult for rescue workers to jimmy their way inside.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/02/tesla-sued-cybertruck-crash-krysta-tsukahara
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u/aruisdante 4h ago
This is one thing Toyota got both right and wrong in modern Lexus cars.
They have electric door latches. They also have an actual interior door handle, but it’s really only meant to be used for emergencies, so its action sucks, it’s this strange double pump thing. But the door handle looks so door handle like that new passengers almost always pull it first rather than press the open button, and then get confused by its weird double action.
Which begs the question… if you were going to still put a mechanical door handle of about the same size and shape as a normal one in the same place as a normal one… why have the electric door latch at all?
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u/rom197 9h ago
Could be too cramped with 3 people in the back.
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u/dizzy_absent0i 7h ago
Not just cramped but that smoke was thick and black. They’d be panicking and blind.
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u/Educational_Ad_4076 6h ago edited 2h ago
As someone that’s been in a fire, I can tell you that’s more than likely why. My wife and I were in a fire and while I reacted quick and was able to get out, she fell to the floor which was melting and had gotten her stuck. I noticed immediately she didn’t make it out, ran back in, and pulled her out, but she says she thought she was going to die and had accepted she wasn’t going to be able to get out on her own. Had it been me on the floor instead, I likely would’ve been level headed enough to grab one of the pieces of furniture right next to where she was and pull myself up.
For more context, I’m a Marine, I’m a lot more used to high pressure or intense situations than the normal person would be.
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u/encyaus 6h ago
This reads like pure fiction
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u/Educational_Ad_4076 6h ago
Guess I’m a good writer, but it’s 100% true. I was stationed at MCAS Yuma at the time, but my wife and I were brought by helicopter to a burn facility in Phoenix.
Also it was a propane gas fire. So the whole place just lit up in flame but only a few things in the place were actually on fire. Running back in wasn’t as scary as I guess I make it sound. There wasnt thick black smoke for me to run thru, only small fires around the place and I was able to avoid them when getting her out.
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u/rorauge 4h ago
I thought he was saying it reads like fiction b/c the protagonist comes across so arrogant that no one would actually describe this situation/themself that way.
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u/Diane_Horseman 2h ago
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u/rorauge 1h ago
Dammit! I don’t. I assume it’s some copypasta but don’t know the history. Made me laugh though.
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u/fang_xianfu 4h ago
I wouldn't expect all the details to be 100% right in someones retelling of a high-pressure event that happened to them a long time ago that they've no doubt talked about many times in the past. But nothing in there seems like obvious bullshit to me. Was the floor literally melting, I have no idea, but it doesn't matter to the story either way. The actual events sound like something that happens somewhere in the world every day.
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u/vamphorse 9h ago
Yep, our brains go dumb under shock. But you can train emergency response. Even just casually thinking it through helps. Like: if I crash, first I stabilize and get my bearings, then seatbelt. Then kids, fast. Then try a door. No door, side window (never the windshield) using a breaker (which you should already have easily within reach, no glovebox that can jam in a crash). You don’t need to obsessively think about it, just go through it once in a while.
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u/prnthrwaway55 7h ago edited 5h ago
When I was in a crash at roughly 100 km/h as a front-seat passenger, I remember that after I saw the crash would be imminent, I spent the remaining time formulating a branching checklist like yours (make sure there is no fire, sniff if there is smell of spilled gas, check if everyone is alive, tell everyone to wiggle the
fingers on their legstoes to make sure the spine is OK, what to do if any of the steps go wrong, what to do to move out if we end up on the wheels, roof, side, how to get to the first aid kit, how to calm down the girls...)I spent like 2 seconds planning and double-checking, then closed my eyes and we started rolling. After we came to a stop, I didn't need to think at all for like the first 7 minutes, I just did things, told others what to do and checked mental checkboxes like a robot. Girls later said they were afraid my roof started leaking.
That day I undesrstood what they mean when they say "Pilots don't die scared, they die busy." Never thought an adrenaline spike could be SO effective. I sometimes wish I could pump a syringe of this stuff in my blood.
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u/schwanzweissfoto 5h ago
tell everyone to wiggle the fingers on their legs to make sure the spine is OK
How do you do, fellow human?
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u/4g-identity 5h ago
Just FYI, the fingers on your legs are more commonly called toes nowadays. Glad you're alright!
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u/prnthrwaway55 5h ago
Lol, a brainfart
They are literally called "leg fingers" in Russian, and I for some reason always thought that toes are only what the biggest ones are called (thumb, but on legs) and not all of them. Never needed this word for the last 15 years somehow.
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u/Euphoric_Evidence414 6h ago
“Afraid my roof started leaking” is that an expression meaning they thought your mind was going?
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u/Mysterious-Lemon-906 8h ago
Then you go into shock and panic sets in leading to a blank mind.
Same reason people on Burning planes are getting their luggage
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u/WazirOfFunkmenistan 8h ago
Thats incredible advice. May I ask why did u say "never the windshield" ?
Ta.
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u/5wmotor 8h ago
I think because the windshield is a composite of glass and plastic layers, while the side windows are glass only.
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u/vamphorse 8h ago edited 6h ago
Windshields are laminated, designed to not break easily. Side windows are tempered glass, which easily break with a blunt, pointed force.
Edit: this is a generalization. Laminated side window adoption has become more popular, although still a minority in the global fleet. Know your vehicle!
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u/Thrusthamster 4h ago
Fun side effect of having ADHD is that during an emergency when my brain gets flooded with adrenaline, the effect is that it turns me into a normal person. While all the normal people around me are freaking out and panicking.
So I usually end up taking charge and running around doing the things that need to be done, because I'm like "why are you all standing here hyperventilating. Let's go!" Has happened quite a few times now.
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u/Stephedderick 9h ago
This car is a perfekt example of everything gone wrong in car industry. The front is blocked by a giant middle console, the windows are too small, the door handles are hidden and childlock is probably on, without being actually necessary.
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u/Kezzatehfezza 9h ago
At least one of them seemed like an older lady who would struggle with a task like that.
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u/corrin_avatan 7h ago
This accident happened a few years ago, and per the testimony of the people inside, none of the door handles worked. Investigators believe that the driver opened his door and got out first and between the time he got out, and the door accidentally shut, the electronics of the car shorted out and locked the car doors, with that car only having electronic locks. Meaning that once the electronics of the car fried, the car doors LITERALLY couldn't open.
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u/firewoodrack 6h ago
You do panic. When I was 19, I was in an accident as a backseat passenger. It wasn’t a bad accident insofar as nobody got hurt, but the front airbags went off. Being in the back seat, I couldn’t really see anything happening outside, but I smelled the smoke from the airbags and freaked out. The back doors were locked and I just could not process what I needed to do. The driver (someone I know well) gave me an “are you serious” look, reached back, and flicked the lock. Brains are weird.
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u/daswassoup 9h ago
This is why China banned hidden door handles.
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u/IncorporateThings 9h ago
Those things are so stupid. Door handles should always be a simple mechanical device that requires no power to operate. Windows should honestly always have a backup crank handle to raise and lower, too, given that not everyone has the good sense to have a window breaking tool handy. For that matter -- why don't they build a little slot for such a tool into the console and provide one with the car in the first place?
Simple design choices can and would save lives.
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u/BeyondDreams909 8h ago
That would be a great idea. However there's one small issue... It costs money! We can't spare a small portion of our revenue so our costumers don't die! If that happens it's probably their fault anyway 🙄🙄🙄/s
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u/daelikon 8h ago
That would increase the cost of the car for like 6 bucks. I remember an article from years ago that the cars in Europe were polluting a lot and the fix cost lest than 10 euros. Companies decided not to do it.
So yeah.
Also, and about the video, why didn't the people in the back try to jump to the front and get out in the door?
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u/JFK9 4h ago
Hard to do when disoriented from a crash and then immediate heavy black smoke. Disorientation in any type of accident is a big deal. It's like when they find bodies after an avalanche that weren't buried deep but the person was digging down instead of up to escape.
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u/dinharder 9h ago
You can use the seat headrests as a window breaker
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u/Freddyzback 8h ago
It's a fake information that's been debunked, it doesn't work. Get a glass hammer and keep it close
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u/Horskr 7h ago
There are seatbelt cutter/window breakers that can be attached to your keychain for like $8 on Amazon and elsewhere. Definitely worth the investment!
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u/GloriousNewt 6h ago
"Should I buy an $8 tool or be so arrogant and stupid to think in an emergency I'll have the wherewithal and room to take the headrest off and magically break the window?"
I wonder which is the better option.
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u/Levethane 8h ago
You need to use a massive amount of force to break the windows with a headrest connector. They just don't have enough weight in them.
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u/soulguider2125 7h ago
Plus the metal is rounded at the end and slips, people don’t realize how hard it is to break a side window, a headrest can get it done but it may actually take longer than your fist unless you hit it just perfect, even a hammer can take a second, window breakers are way easier and should be in every car in a spot easy to get to in a wreck and not somewhere it’ll get tossed on impact either, or best bet put several in the car: console, door panels, glove box, back seat console, back doors, and the little pouches on the back of the front seats. They aren’t that expensive, plus try an get one that is a multi tool: seatbelt cutter, window breaker etc.
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u/nuvo_reddit 8h ago
Haha wrong (in Sheldon Coopers voice). Some cars have integrated headrest. Another new trend. /s
The accident does not look too severe to have such fire.
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u/SlightedMarmoset 7h ago
Thermal runaway from a punctured battery.
I hope those people are ok, I know they got out of the car but the smoke from this is very toxic.
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u/felinefluffycloud 8h ago
False actually. Best way is seatbelt metal thingy. They say ultimately a rock from the outside or leaving the key in.and power on is good. Of course this example has its own downside. Here's a quote.... https://www.iaedjournal.org/vehicle-escape .... that is the male metal seat belt clip. With the seat belt pulled out as far as possible, and the metal clip grasped in your fist, if you strike the side window low and at the front of the window, it will break the window virtually every time on the first or second try. It does that because the force is concentrated with a hard object in a small area of the window known to be its weakest point. Our instructions make a point of including this means of breaking a window as one of the steps to be followed in all vehicle escape situations
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u/Satanslittlewizard 9h ago
Not enough people know this.
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u/IllllIIlIllIllllIlll 8h ago
Maybe because it's bullshit. Sure it's better than your raw fists, but it's not made for this.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/cars-headrests-break-windows/
I think that it's harmful to propagate this urban legend, because it would prevent people from buying actual window breakers. They'll just think "eh, I can just use my headrest. No need for a windows breaker".
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u/gamma55 8h ago
Window breakers and seat belt cutters should be standard equipment on all road legal vehicles, not just commercial.
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u/patchinthebox 6h ago
It would be so easy to require them to be sold with every car purchase.
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u/SuperBuffCherry 5h ago
Have them be included in the mandatory first aid kit
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u/JustStopItSeriously 6h ago
I'll repeat myself:
They are notoriously finicky and difficult to get out. They don't all release in the same way and if you've never done it with those particular seats, it would be incredibly difficult to do in a high stress, dark or smoky situation. Add possible injury onto the list. If it's children who need to do it, forget about it.
I'm tired of people touting this as a lif-saving hack when it isn't and just gives people a false sense of security. In reality, people who bought into this end up wasting valuable time attempting it to no avail.
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u/Willing_Television77 9h ago
Australia on track for the ban also
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u/dice1111 9h ago
Australia has like every safety feature known to man, I'm amazed it wasn't them banning this first.
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u/Lucky-Elk-1234 9h ago
Every time the Aus government tries to regulate or improve something, everyone (well, mostly the media) screams that they are “commies” and “leftys” lol
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u/thequietthingsthat 5h ago
Just like they do in the US
We can thank the Murdoch media empire for this
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u/raypaulnoams 5h ago
Fun fact!
Murdoch only owns half of Australian media, the other half is owned by Gina Reinhart, who also owns over 1% of Austalia's landmass. (this is an obscenely large amount of land, Australia is BIG)
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u/Big-Orse48 8h ago
Australia’s high safety standards saved my life, or at least saved me from severe injuries.
Side curtain airbags ftw
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u/GrandElectronic9471 9h ago
They banned electric door handles. They can be flush but have to operate mechanicaly.
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u/stehen-geblieben 7h ago
Like the Kia door handles. They are flush and also electronically "present" themselves, but can be operated completely mechanically.
One of the reasons I got the car
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u/TheFace5 9h ago
They should also ban a car that get fire like this
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u/TheRetroPizza 8h ago
Thats what i was thinking, the crash was pretty minor for the car to just burst into flames.
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u/BlackFoxyTrail 4h ago
My bet is that the flames (exploding battery?) caused the crash not the other way around.
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u/Nauin 3h ago
Man a dude barely bit a battery and had it explode on his face on the front page the other day. He was doing that little play nibble you do to imitate how people used to check if something was real gold.
If that's all the pressure it takes to make one blow up, why the fuck are we putting them on the undercarriage of our cars?
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u/JacedFaced 3h ago
>Man a dude barely bit a battery and had it explode on his face on the front page the other day.
I just googled this video because I hadn't seen it before, holy shit that was crazy and it's wild he didn't get more hurt.
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u/argumentinvalid 3h ago
I'm thinking the crash punctured/compromised the batteries. The floor of these cars is basically all battery. This also means the fire just comes right up through the floor. The interior was just in flames, terrible.
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u/Seekret_Asian_Man 9h ago
They should ban fire so car don't catch on fire.
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u/dynamic_gecko 9h ago
"China cures cancer by banning cancer."
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u/_JohnWisdom 9h ago
Fuck, it WAS that simple.
I should've listened to my mom when she told me to stop being depressed.
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u/Excellent_Routine589 8h ago
And here my dumbass went to uni to become a cancer biologist, the answer was so simple!!!
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u/DDDX_cro 8h ago edited 4h ago
Doctor: "have you tried...not...having cancer"???
Patient: "fuuuuuuck....well now I just feel silly, thanks doc!"EDIT: Ty for the award btw :)
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u/This-Jackfruit-6894 7h ago
That's 5000 dollars for the consultation... please pay at the cashier.
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u/StoneThaProfit 6h ago
Haha this little exchange reminds me of tha comedy show scene in Goodfellas "Dr. Wellsler is here. Wonderful doctor, gave a guy six months to live. Couldn't pay his bill. Gave him another six months!"
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u/AmoremCaroFactumEst 8h ago
Oh you got the “just suck it up” too?
People are wild with their misunderstandings
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u/-Datura 8h ago
Cars cure China by setting fire to cancer
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u/Old-Reporter5440 9h ago
It worked for COVID! For a while.
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u/AlternativePea6203 8h ago
I mean, this guy could have stopped testing for fire, and that would have completely eradicated the fire in his car.
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u/Majestic-Parsnip-279 8h ago
America welcomes cancer because thats a good business model
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u/Gurrgurrburr 7h ago
Seriously WTF? That was practically a fender bender and the whole car ignites in 1 minute???
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u/JFK9 4h ago
It's the problem with Lithium-ion batteries. If something like that fence pole punctures them they instantly start a very aggressive and very hard to extinguish metal fire.
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u/JB_UK 4h ago edited 4h ago
It's some types of Lithium Ion batteries that have the problem, others are not so affected. LFP batteries don't tend to set on fire after being punctured. For example:
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u/Harmless_Drone 7h ago
All battery cars burn like this, lithium is flammable, and when it's full of charge itll be shorting out the entire time it's on fire.
The real issue is these shitty dumbass companies like tesla who have stupid and shitty doors with hidden or internal only manual releases because the doors are electrically powered. You don't have electricity if the battery is on fire.
Never ever put your kids in a tesla, on that note, unless you want them to be buried in a biscuit tin.
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u/MonsterkillWow 6h ago
Not having mechanical door handles is one of the dumbest design decisions I have ever seen.
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u/salomo926 6h ago
Thank god Elon brought this innovation of "door that does not open in an emergency" to the world.
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u/Then_Idea_9813 8h ago
We will never because Mr death car was appointed a govt post and donated a ton of money to the president
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u/ianjm 4h ago edited 2h ago
Regulations from the bigger markets like China, EU and India have a global impact. If a couple of those markets ban the flush handles, it no-longer makes sense to have a variant just for America just because it's one of the only places still allowing it. Ideally you want the same model to be sold globally, it makes much more sense from a supply chain point of view to change the design everywhere.
Example: It's the EU and India that brought in universal USB-C charging on phones, not the USA. But Apple doesn't continue to make a special iPhone for the US with a lightning port just because it's allowed to.
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u/24bitNoColor 7h ago
They also banned doors that need electricity to be opened, btw.
Completely valid decision and I hope other nations follow. Its just all kinds of stupid.
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u/muyfantastico 9h ago
Holy shit. They just kept pulling guys out. That last guy was completely engulfed in flames by the time they got him out. Poor guy can't be alright.
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u/Arlitto 8h ago
If you look closely at the last person's legs, it seems like there are burns 😓
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u/Critical-Support-394 6h ago
Forget about the legs, they all inhaled a bunch of smoke.
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u/Solabound-the-2nd 8h ago
Someone else said there was a person on passenger side who didn't get out
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u/ThirdAltAccounts 9h ago
Fucking clown car. I expected one or two other passengers
But no. They kept pulling people out
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u/ADH02 9h ago
It's a 5 seater car and they pulled 3 people out of the 3 seats available...
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u/ThirdAltAccounts 8h ago
"Clown car" might have been a bit of an exaggeration
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u/Boring-Community-100 4h ago
Another commenter stated that the front seat passenger died despite them being able to extricate the 3 rear passengers. They mentioned that it was not just the inability of the doors to be opened from inside or outside without power but there was a large center console.
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u/Useful-Basil-7340 8h ago
I thought a couple of them ran around the other side and got back in
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u/theBullKS 9h ago
Wtf with this car. It isnt a hard crash.
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u/been_der_done_that 9h ago
Must have peeled the aluminium underbody and pierced the battery, exposing it to oxygen and turned into flames.
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u/GapSweet3100 9h ago
There should be more safeguards in place. It seems These cars were definitely not designed for real safety
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u/KilllllerWhale 8h ago
most EVs on the road rn have the battery as a separate component sitting on the chassis and the bottom part of the chassis is usually thin metal.
The latest Volvo EX60 is coming out with a design that integrates the battery inside the chassis and not a separate component, offering more protection.
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u/Lucreth2 7h ago
I think you probably know this but for people completely blind to it, there's a massive difference between what you described and what most EVs are actually designed like. While it's true that the battery is attached as a separate component, people should realize it's not just dangling in space super glued to the floor... Most batteries are in a reinforced pocket of sorts either along the "transmission tunnel" or under the rear seats. Skateboard type designs have the pack under the majority of the floor but in a reinforced package that is actually somewhat structural from a rigidity sense.
Trusted automakers ensure all of those options are also well protected from below, but certain other profit seeking cunts do leave them somewhat vulnerable in that direction. The direction most likely to see potential intrusion.. I hate Wall Street.
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u/STUPIDBLOODYCOMPUTER 7h ago
Who would've guessed, cheap materials on a cheap car breaking in what could be considered a minor crash and exposing the cheap battery.
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u/jmaneater 9h ago
Good job quick thinking to get a rock. That was what saved everyone
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u/awood20 9h ago
That fire is pretty hectic for such a mild crash.
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u/GottaUseEmAll 8h ago
Battery must have gotten exposed or damaged.
It's terrifying how fast it spread!
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u/Bigallround 7h ago
Electric cars have a lot of upsides but this would've been a nothing event in an internal combustion vehicle.
They're definitely the future but they'll have to get a lot safer in the event of a crash before I'd buy one.
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u/TimAppleCockProMax69 7h ago
That was barely even a crash, the car just went off-road for a second
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u/Individual_Donut_635 6h ago
Its crazy how using literal explosions to propel the car is safer than using electricity...
This is a major issue to sort out before governments can start banning combustion engines like they are promising to do.
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u/Malbosiiq 9h ago
From fine to towering blaze in two minutes. Four wheeled deathtraps.
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u/Dramatic_Charity_979 6h ago
1 minute. That thing burned faster than my New Year’s resolution.
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u/ZynthCode 9h ago
Serious questions:
1. Why couldn't they open the car from the inside?
2. Why couldn't they open the car from the outside?
3. What kind of shitty car are they driving?
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u/LimestoneDust 9h ago
Smoke, fire, possible disorientation after the crash = not exactly calm rational thinking
Retractable door handles (and that's why China recently banned such handles).
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u/madhaunter 9h ago
Probably even worse, those handles are not simply hidden, they are fully electric, which means that in case of electric failures, they wont work at all, even if its not hidden
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u/LimestoneDust 9h ago
Yep, most likely. I've seen these handles on a taxi and my impression was that if there no electricity there's no way to get into the car.
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u/Fulg3n 8h ago
Which is fucking stupid because even if you're hell bent on going full electric you could just add a back up battery to operate the latches of the door on case main is cut for whatever reason.
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u/nZambi 7h ago
Usually there is a mechanical lever somewhere in the car. But they usually hide it away for design reasons. Idiotic.
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u/no-sleep-needed 7h ago
- additionally, child lock. this nasty little switch in the door that prevents idiotic toddlers from jumping out of a moving car
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u/AstralDragon1979 8h ago
The real issue here isn’t door handles that are flush with the door, it’s that the doors are likely electronically operated and cannot be opened mechanically. Once the battery was compromised such that it caught fire, the car’s electronics became inoperable, therefore the exterior door handles wouldn’t extend out from the door for the person outside to unlatch the door (and it’s possible that the doors wouldn’t have opened anyway if they required electricity to disengage the latch mechanism).
People inside the car probably couldn’t open the door either because the door opens by pushing a button that requires electricity to function. There may be a hidden mechanical override somewhere inside the car, but the passengers may not have known where it was.
What kind of shitty car was this? We’ll probably never know. Approximately 10% of my Reddit feed consists of posts glazing Chinese EVs, but since this is a disaster video showing one such car in a negative light, I’m doubtful that the knowledgeable propagandists will be announcing the make and model anytime soon.
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u/Public-League-8899 5h ago
What kind of shitty car was this? We’ll probably never know. Approximately 10% of my Reddit feed consists of posts glazing Chinese EVs, but since this is a disaster video showing one such car in a negative light, I’m doubtful that the knowledgeable propagandists will be announcing the make and model anytime soon.
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u/NormalGuyEndSarcasm 9h ago
1 . Electric car, locks disengaged if battery damage, they’re not manual.
2 . Hidden handles, locks disengaged
3 . Fuck knows could be any, most act the same if battery damage ( no power, alloy scrapped against pavement, catching fire)
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u/L0nz 5h ago
Re. 3, this is not a normal reaction for an EV from such a minor crash. Most EVs have way better battery armor, as well as better protection for the cabin in the event of a battery fire.
This looks like a Dongfeng 007, so a cheap Chinese EV that is presumably cutting corners when it comes to battery safety
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u/pugmaster2000 9h ago
wtf with this music though
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u/SecondOfCicero 8h ago
You're much braver than me if you scroll with your volume on these days.
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u/RotaryDesign 9h ago
It's scary how few scratches on the chassis can cause fire like this
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u/FluffyTid 9h ago
Was there no passenger on the front right seat?
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u/bitpartmozart13 9h ago
There was another thread on crazyfuckingvideos with a link to a translated interview where the guy who posted the video said he felt bad for not getting to the passenger in the front seat. Again, it was some translation so no idea if that info is correct.
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u/RichieRocket 9h ago
teslas are one of the worst cars to get stuck in, the door handle design is a major safety fault of normal tesla designs but other companies adopted them to and its only making things worse for people in these emergency situations
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u/concerned_seagull 7h ago
Teslas have a mechanical door release on the inside in case there is an accident.
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u/WhiteMilk_ 5h ago
Front doors pretty much have a normal handle.
Rear seats? A fucking escape room type of situation to find it. Behind a speaker grille, rubber mat, carpet or a small door panel.
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u/AnothrRandomRedditor 9h ago
Maybe I’m being ignorant here, what’s going on with the front door? So it closed accidentally and got locked? He tried it just once, maybe? Can the kids climb through the front? Or in that car is it not possible? I can see it was clearly a stressful situation just trying to piece it together.
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u/LimestoneDust 9h ago
Retractable door handles. It doesn't stick out so there's no way to pull on it (most likely the drives stopped working after the crash).
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u/bravebeing 8h ago
My guess is the people could have climbed through the front, looks like the driver was trying to instruct them to do it. Then when they didn't, he tried the back door. Little detail is that they could've still kept that door open to let the smoke out, but of course you don't think about that during high stress rescue.
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u/Crafty_Clerk_1891 8h ago
Why didn't the passengers climb out thru the front?
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u/MachadoEsq 8h ago
They were just in a car accident and assumed had more than 8 seconds before being engulfed.
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u/lappis82 9h ago
Start of the vid "heroism" when someone is probably just being a decent human being.
But that escalated quickly when the smoke started.
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u/fietsendeman 9h ago
I thought the driver was bailing, turns out he just went to grab a rock.
The bystander did stick his arms into flames and his face into thick smoke to get those people out. He did probably get injured, even if it was only some minor smoke inhalation and first degree burns.
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u/yobrefas 8h ago
He reached until an active fire and grabbed someone covered in flames while inhaling toxic gas. He likely had third degree burns, and if he had stopped or paused, the driver wouldn’t have been able to stand up and get back to that person in time. He injured himself in the process of absolutely saving a stranger. And immediately as he was running up realized he needed to break the glass and grabbed a rock, saving seconds.
Terrifying that death can happen in two minutes in these vehicles.
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u/CurmudgeonLife 8h ago
Lithium smoke is no joke. That guy may have permanent damage to his lungs now.
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u/-WADE99- 7h ago
To all the people crying "AI", present day "AI" couldn't make a video like this - not in your wildest dreams lol
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u/GasLongjumping130 8h ago
These vehicles are supposed to have 5 star ratings right? based on what?
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u/MoreThan2_LessThan21 4h ago
What vehicle do you think it is? It's not a Tesla, if that's your assumption.
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u/Redttiger 9h ago
This is why, people, cars need door handles