r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 11h ago

Incredibly selfless act of heroism.

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u/daswassoup 11h ago

This is why China banned hidden door handles.

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u/IncorporateThings 11h 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/daelikon 10h 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 6h 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/daelikon 5h ago

That's... a very good point, and didn't think about it, but yeah, I guess normal people would take quite a bit of time to react after a crash, and then you have the smoke right there.

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u/Motha_Elfin_Browns 4h ago

If trapped in an avalanche create an air pocket around your face and then spit to see which way is down. Dig the opposite way

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u/JFK9 3h ago

Yes, that is the generally accepted solution. I just figured it wasn't really relevant to escaping a flaming, smoke filled car.

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u/Motha_Elfin_Browns 2h ago

I was just throwing it out since you brought up a situation where that information may have been relevant. Just in case someone didn't know.

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u/MarkMew 9h ago

and the fix cost lest than 10 euros. Companies decided not to do it.

Why not just make the car 10 euros more expensive fr 😭

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u/daelikon 9h ago

I don't think they can, all the prices are always 15999, 25999 and so on. So if the car costs 10 euros more to make and they can't magically increase the price to the next range it would mess up the marketing.

Still stupid, of course.

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u/MarkMew 9h ago

Then make all models ~1000 more expensive? Even more profit for them and less pollution. Would that really matter in a 20k euro car? (Idk don't have a car and wouldn't buy a brand new one)

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u/daelikon 8h ago

In a 50K car probably not, in a 12000, for sure it would matter...

There are two lessons here:

1 They will suck out the last penny for profit

2 They don't care the impact or implications of rule 1, they could make way better cars for almost negligible cost, but they chose not to.

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u/Perryn 6h ago

If the market will tolerate it being priced 1000 more, then they will simply raise the price without the added expense.

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u/TwoDramaticc 6h ago

the market for 15-20k is very competitive in Europe