What is up with car door handles these days?(theguardian.com)

14 pointsby pseudolusgeçen yıl4 comments

What is up with car door handles these days?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/05/tech-car-driving-government

3 comments

Just these past few days, a fatal accident in China killed three college students in a car fire and the victims could not unlock the car door.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xiaomi-says-activ...

> Chinese newspaper Economic Observer earlier reported that local traffic police had told the father of one of the victims that the car had caught fire after hitting the cement pole, and the car key had not unlocked the door.

TheClericgeçen yıl

Door handles without a mechanical fallback should be illegal.

hilbert42geçen yıl

And why is this unacceptable design approved by authorities who certify/approve vehicles for roadworthiness?

You'd think they'd have some understanding of safety and accident ergonomics.

l1ng0geçen yıl

On top of all the other things that bother me about my brother-in-law, I have to feel like an idiot when I can't open the doors to his Tesla! :)