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I can think of only a few situations where you'd want to get out of a car quickly, where you'd have enough time to look under all the matte covers to find a manual door release switch that may or may not be installed. A fire is certainly not one of them. At the very least shouldn't they be equipped with a Nothammer...?
A lot of newer cars have stronger glass that even these or the spring-loaded kind can’t break.
If that's not illegal already it should be
They did it ostensibly for safety, as it will keep people from being ejected in a rollover. However, they also probably have manual releases.
tesla gonna tesla so I assume they are as dangerous as can be.
For the rest? There is always (?) one window that isn't reinforced. So that CAN be an issue if your cabin is significantly damaged. But otherwise? It is a problem to find in a high adrenaline emergency and you SHOULD be aware which window to smash, but you are 3-6 smacks away from being out.
Everyone in my family has one of those in their car. Unfortunately most of them are buried under 100 things in the center console.
What's the point of one of these if the windows are supposed to be unbreakable?
I've seen it said elsewhere that these don't work on the windows of current Tesla models as they're laminated.
Hammers aren't ideal, they take force, knowing how to strike, they could shatter glass in your eye.
All of this shit is easily avoided by a fucking handle on the fucking door.