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" On an online Corvette forum, several posters detailed having been locked inside their cars.." ...that quote is the last line in the story I read ... there is probably just as many people who would not know how to get out as there are people who did not know what that little half flat tire meant when it lit up on their dash ..
Maybe he didn't panic. Maybe he kept trying to start the car, trying to find out how to open the door or window, etc., and never even dreamed that he was in danger. Maybe he started to get sick from the heat, and didn't recognize it as being dangerous. Maybe he got delirious, and started hallucinating.
When people freeze to death, they often take their clothes off. Not from any kind of panic, but only because they feel hot, from the frostbite, and have diminished brain capacity, which makes them think they need to take their clothes off to not be so hot. The same kind of thing could happen when people die of heat. They might never really understand what's happening to them, because their brain capacity might be reduced before it ever occurs to them to panic.
I agree that he probably did not realize that he was in serious trouble until it was too late. It said that it was a new car, but he really should have made sure that he knew the basic safety procedures.
It was a very sad situation.
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Even so opening the doors, especially in an emergency, shouldn't require you to consult the owners manual. I've heard of other stories like this where, I think it was a BMW, where a lady left her teen aged kid in the car, something happened and the kid died because the doors couldn't be opened from the inside because the mom took the keys causing the car to lock up like Fort Knox. It's nice having these automated, automatic features on your car, but I think they also should have an easy access manual over ride.
I remember reading that story, too (although, I believe that it was teenage siblings in the school parking lot).
When we get a different car the first thing that we do is read the manual cover to cover AND always keep it in the car to check in an emergency.
With his age and the temps in his car, if he panicked initially it may only have taken 30 seconds or so for him to have passed out.
Mine has a black interior and some days when it's hot I will start it and put the windows down before closing the door because it's scorching hot inside.
P.S. Years ago I saw 2 guys that died in a hot car get rushed into an emergency room. It's not a pretty sight. I hope the guy passed out quickly and didn't suffer.
With his age and the temps in his car, if he panicked initially it may only have taken 30 seconds or so for him to have passed out.
Mine has a black interior and some days when it's hot I will start it and put the windows down before closing the door because it's scorching hot inside.
30 seconds? Come on. This did lived in southeast texas where the heat and humidity are normal.
The power locks would have had to work for him to get in the car in the first place, something is missing from the story
Here's a pair of videos I made earlier for a Facebook group where someone said the handles were hidden and you wouldn't know about them.
Pretty easy to locate and the picture on them explains pretty clearly what they do.
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Originally Posted by topher5150
Even so opening the doors, especially in an emergency, shouldn't require you to consult the owners manual. I've heard of other stories like this where, I think it was a BMW, where a lady left her teen aged kid in the car, something happened and the kid died because the doors couldn't be opened from the inside because the mom took the keys causing the car to lock up like Fort Knox. It's nice having these automated, automatic features on your car, but I think they also should have an easy access manual over ride.
There is a manual release for the drivers door, passenger door and the trunk. The roof panel is also easily removed with turning 3 handles and pushing up
30 seconds? Come on. This did lived in southeast texas where the heat and humidity are normal.
The power locks would have had to work for him to get in the car in the first place, something is missing from the story
Yes, lots missing from this story. Power works getting in, but not out. Cell phone left in the restaurant. No passers-by to see or hear him. An no thought of the door release, kicking the windows, opening the roof (either to get out or to get some air in). Call me skeptical that something else (medical emergency, passing out for other reasons) didn't happen first.
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