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Note who's doing the blaming -- Beerman 10/23/2019 10:00AM I would respect articles like this more when they give perspective.... -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 09:55AM Sometimes there is a need for automation, touch screen and technolgoy -- vt_mughal 10/23/2019 09:26AM TESLA is garbage, carry on ** -- darnellm 10/23/2019 09:14AM So why didn't the cop use his baton to break the window and drag him out? -- Hokie CPA 10/23/2019 09:13AM Maybe Tesla uses a stronger tempered glass that is difficult to break -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 09:39AM Gorilla glass? -- EDGEMAN 10/23/2019 09:55AM I am not that familiar with Tesla's specs, but I guess that is an option -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 10:02AM I doubt they would use any non-standard option on the glass itself... -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 10:05AM Assuming Tesla went that route, then it is possible the heat -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 10:13AM I don't know exactly how tempered glass changes with heat, but -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 11:41AM And before you all jump down my throat, I know HOW glass is tempered. -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 11:44AM Actually I wasn't going to go down that route ;-) -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 12:01PM The glass would melt very quickly in that scenario. -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 12:12PM I guess you never owned a Pinto before. -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 12:23PM Goodness... well, every case has extremes. Always a risk. ** -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 12:26PM You are right that every case has extremes -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 12:35PM Wasn't it the batteries that ignited? ** -- 48zip 10/23/2019 12:39PM I am not sure, but the battery seems like it would be a likely source ** -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 12:55PM The article said it was likely. Plus there's no gas in a Tesla, correct? ** -- 48zip 10/23/2019 1:03PM I think that correct, but there may be other fluids though -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 1:08PM Yeah, I assume the lubricants are flammable. Just not gasoline. ** -- 48zip 10/23/2019 1:18PM It's not the lubricants, but the lithium batteries. They are highly -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 1:31PM Understood. Just mailed some yesterday. I was just allowing for the -- 48zip 10/23/2019 1:34PM The only fluid I am aware of is oil in the gearbox... -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 1:39PM Interesting. Wonder why they don't blame the fiery crash instead? -- Hokie360 10/23/2019 08:22AM That's BS... -- JoesterVT 10/23/2019 08:28AM What if you're driving a normal car with doors locked and this happens? -- Stork 10/23/2019 09:14AM Yep. If the car isn't in park, there's a great chance the first responders -- reestuart 10/23/2019 09:29AM Yup. What kind of first responder can't trouble shoot the door handles -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 10:00AM The problem in this case is there is no door handle ** -- fordham 10/23/2019 3:02PM So, you are a first responder. You can't use the door handle... -- HokieSignGuy 10/23/2019 3:20PM I agree, strange story. The only thing I can think is the guy was knocked -- fordham 10/23/2019 3:31PM Well dang, good point ** -- JoesterVT 10/23/2019 09:23AM My doors automatically lock when I get to 10 mph. Anti-carjacking feature. -- Hokie CPA 10/23/2019 09:17AM Not really an anti-carjacking feature. Just a safety feature to keep -- Tafkam Hokie 10/23/2019 10:10AM I'm guessing that if airbags deploy, the car auto unlocks. ** -- hoosnowahokie 10/23/2019 09:36AM Agree, there is a legit case here. -- Tafkam Hokie 10/23/2019 09:07AM Why would that design even get approved for use? Seems ridiculous. -- 48zip 10/23/2019 09:03AM The feds were probably looking at it from an anti-theft standpoint -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 09:51AM They DO look at safety, not anti-theft. -- 48zip 10/23/2019 11:30AM I was meaning the safety of protecting people inside the car -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 11:40AM Gotcha. Makes sense. I thought auto locks were more to keep doors -- 48zip 10/23/2019 1:06PM I believe the locks may have had a dual purpose -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 1:21PM One question, why couldn't they just break the glass? -- EDGEMAN 10/23/2019 07:45AM Without being there it's impossible to say -- typed by ben 10/23/2019 09:19AM As opposed to opening a door that might only partially open due to crash? ** -- 81_Hokie 10/23/2019 10:13AM Better than pulling somebody over a window sill -- typed by ben 10/23/2019 10:22AM Just talking about your backdraft theory. Doesn't make sense that you are -- 81_Hokie 10/23/2019 11:15AM I'm going to guess if you ran into a palm tree, there's going to be a -- hoosnowahokie 10/23/2019 09:34AM Because then we couldn't blame Tesla. ** -- Stork 10/23/2019 08:06AM Do police officers carry a tool to break automotive glass? -- Tafkam Hokie 10/23/2019 08:04AM Most carry a knife with a glass popping tool on the end of it. Very ... -- Vtskier1 10/23/2019 12:26PM The Tesla issue should be known. Like the magnesium engine fire issue on -- 48zip 10/23/2019 1:30PM Yes. A firearm. ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 10/23/2019 10:34AM I'm sure every police officer carries a baton -- EDGEMAN 10/23/2019 10:10AM Breaking automotive glass with a blunt object isn't as easy as it looks -- Tafkam Hokie 10/23/2019 10:17AM Of course they do -- JoesterVT 10/23/2019 08:08AM Maybe the officer thought his/her gun wasn't an option -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 09:46AM DOH! You do know that that pistol could potentially be used as a club as -- Late 80s Hokie 10/23/2019 09:51AM Even if the officer used the gun or the baton to try to break the glass -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 09:57AM I suspect stronger glass is verboten for that very reason. At least some -- 48zip 10/23/2019 11:19AM All possible, but if the fire inside the car was SO HOT that the officer -- Late 80s Hokie 10/23/2019 10:27AM I agree or if the driver had been pulled out then he/she -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 10:32AM Do you not watch movies? -- JoesterVT 10/23/2019 09:54AM That tool was my thought as well, but as a breaking tool. ** -- 48zip 10/23/2019 2:08PM Then apologies to 2000. Didn't have joke detector on. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 10/23/2019 10:26AM It is all good ** -- VTHokie2000 10/23/2019 11:22AM I would use this instead -- Hokie CPA 10/23/2019 09:14AM Agry. Doors get jammed shut all the time in a wreck. Although I do think -- 48zip 10/23/2019 08:03AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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