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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Most modern cars automatically lock doors when you reach certain speed (like 20km/h). I checked and automatically unlocking door on impact is a separate feature that may or may not be present in a car. So I think you won't be able to open most modern cars from the outside after a crash. The only difference is that you will open other cars from the inside without issues while in Tesla you have to use other door handle in front seats and it's really complicated to open them from the back seats. Is that right?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    which is so stupid, who would break in your car at 20kmh?

    I always thought the opposite would make much more sense, locking doors when you're below 10kmh and unlocking once driving

    Firefighters always struggle more to open locked doors (duh) as much as I hate those, I don't think it's something specific to it.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    It's to prevent you from accidentally opening the door.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It’s more to keep you from being carjacked than for accidental door openings.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    yes protect me from being carjacked at speed

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The doors still stay locked when you stop. At least for mine the doors don't unlock again until you put it park. They just lock when you start moving because the vehicle moving is a good indication that you don't need the doors unlocked anymore.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That sounds like a design problem that could be solved. At least for the whole doing wholly accidentally, me pulling the door handle because I'm stimming not withstanding.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What I learned about design decisions, especially in IT, is that there's a reason why things are designed the way they are. Before proposing an entirely new solution to problems that can be seen due to the current design, I've learned to try to understand first. Only tech bros will reinvent trains or build Cybertrucks.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I guess they don't lock/unlock constantly because that would be annoying in stop and go traffic.

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