In case you thought cars would become safer as technology developed… rest assured, Tesla is finding newer and ever-dumber ways to make their cars dangerous to occupants (and others).

TL;DR: If you’re in a Tesla and it loses power (like in a fire), the only way to open the doors is often an unlabeled wire behind either two panels or a speaker grill. Tesla owners are DIYing janky rip cords to make that wire easier to pull to escape.

  • bluewing@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Keep your Irons in hand, your head on a swivel, and be safe out there and have some fun!

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      1 day ago

      They didn’t need to tell me to have fun - I was having a fucking BLAST! I had that young-person invincibility thing going on.

      Now, medical calls, those were a whole different deal. And unfortunately that was probably 95% of my calls, I had the EMT-B cert and most the other volunteers didn’t XD

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        1 day ago

        Traumas are cool, but medicals are the true challenge to your skills. They can be intricate puzzles that can test you to the brink.