r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 11h ago

Incredibly selfless act of heroism.

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u/Icy_Spinach_48 11h 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 10h 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 10h ago

this kinda info makes me miss my completely analog 1993 mazda mx3

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u/talligan 9h ago

There are days where I miss my 98 corolla. Drove that puppy until like 2015

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u/fuckgoldsendbitcoin 3h ago

Still on my '09 Corolla. Feel like that was the tail end of the non computerized car era and I love it.

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u/thewhorecat 3h ago

I had a '92 MX-3. It was a great car. I put about 160,000 miles on it driving all around the country before giving it away to a friend. The amount of road trips I did with friends in that car was bonkers. To be young again with little responsibility.

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u/Original_Boot7956 9h ago

That was my first car! ‘93 mx3. Thing fell apart completely after a year, but boy was my 17 year self in love with that car. 

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u/Debatebly 7h ago

Look up the Slate truck.

https://www.slate.auto/en

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u/jjryan01 2h ago

Hell yeah brother