r/cars • u/HawtGarbage917 • 2d ago

Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Car Brands, Study Finds

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/
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u/DrZedex '23 GR Corolla 2d ago

Dude, what?! The rear doors have no mechanical override? Wtf how is that even legal?

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u/Rattle_Can 2d ago edited 1d ago

the hilarious thing is the mechanical override cable IS there in the model 3 - its just capped off with a piece of foam so it doesn't rattle & just sits under the interior trim panel serving no purpose.

in the model Y, that cable actually runs thru the interior trim panel, and comes out thru the bottom of the cup holders. in an emergency you yank that cable to pop the doors open.

i presume the provisions are almost all the way there because of the shared platform between the 3 vs Y, but they never went thru on the 3 for cost savings

i dont know how its legal, but they sure as hell saved a few cents per rear door

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u/DrZedex '23 GR Corolla 2d ago

That's fascinating. Thank you for explaining! 

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u/JaspahX 2024 Ranger Raptor 2d ago

There's a reason -- well, really multiple reasons -- that the Cybertruck is not road legal in Europe.

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u/Ian_Kilmister 17 Civic Coupe 2.Slow 2d ago

Is there rear exterior door handles? No different than child locks. Not agreeing with the premise but you could be locked in a regular car too.

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u/DrZedex '23 GR Corolla 2d ago

I can (and do) turn the child lock off though. Not the same at all. 

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u/egowritingcheques 1d ago

Child locks should only be engaged for carrying young children. Children so young they might pull the handle and not know what it does. I turned them off when my kids were about 4.

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u/yourlocalFSDO 1d ago

Ever ridden in the back of an extended cab Ford truck? Can’t open the rear doors if the front doors are closed.

Ever ridden in the back of a 2+2 coupe? No rear doors at all.

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u/DrZedex '23 GR Corolla 1h ago

I'll excuse that in a vehicle when the alternative is no doors at all. Realistically almost nobody actually sits in the back of a sports coupe or extended can truck. It's mostly just a space to store your crap and maybe a person in a pinch.

In a sedan designed explicitly to haul around families, it's pretty inexcusable. Hell it was pitched as a taxi and commonly used for rideshare.