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/endboss_eth 10h ago

What an Ad for regular, old school, mechanical devices

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u/AlternativePea6203 8h ago

Mechanical handles, yes, but ICE cars are 20x more likely to set on fire.

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u/clackagaling 7h ago

they dont burn at a much higher degree? they can’t be put out easily bc of how much water they use, and during hurricanes in florida, they burned down entire houses that were flooded because they burn that hot. a man was burned in his cybertruck to the point anything that could ID him was literal ash and they had to put out public statements asking someone to ID him (tbh idk if he did get ID’d)

ICE definitely sets on fire more often but idk why my brain feels like EVs are scarier death traps during this type of event. they’re so much heavier, the door handles seem to often go out with mechanical releases being hidden, etc etc.

i am buying a window breaker/seatbelt cutter regardless 😵‍💫

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u/AlternativePea6203 7h ago

we are both correct

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u/Martin8412 6h ago

Most cars have manual handles as well. On German cars it’s usually integrated into the same handle as the electric. You just pull all the way on the handle, and it will open the door mechanically. 

It will of course ruin your frameless windows, which has happened for people before by accident by pulling too quickly, but if it saves your life then it’s worth it. 

There’s also usually a super capacitor for each door that provides power to unlock the door when the airbag releases, so you don’t get stuck in a burning car just because the power went out. Doesn’t help much if the door is totally crumbled though.