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In modern day vehicles, in the event of an impact the door locks are programmed to open automatically so to allow the driver and passengers to exit the vehicle or if that's not possible, to make the work of firefighters and emergency crews easier.
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Cars
In Soviet Cars, Doors Automatically Fall Off in Case of an Accident
In modern day vehicles, in the event of an impact the door locks are programmed to open automatically so to allow the driver and passengers to exit the vehicle or if that's not possible, to make the work of firefighters and emergency crews easier.
However, as you can see in the video that follows, Lada seems to have devised an even better solution to solve this problem…
Read more »- Stolen Tesla Splits In Two In Fiery Accident In Lost Angeles
Witnesses, police officers and all the emergency crews that made it to the scene must have been horrified when they saw the accident caused by the driver of a stolen Tesla Model S. Apparently, the driver swiped the electric sedan from a Tesla maintenance...
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We are not quite sure what you would do with a two-door, low riding, Gullwing-door emergency medical vehicle with a boot capacity of just 176 liters, other than to reach an accident scene in a flash, but even if that’s the case, we assume a motorcycle...
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It's probably a PR's worst nightmare - having something going completely wrong at a press event. And that's exactly what happened to Volvo at the media presentation of the firm's new S60 saloon in Sweden this week. See, the Swedes wanted...
- Embarrassing Recall Of The Week: Mercedes Mismatches 2009 S-class Door Locks
If anything else, when you spend anything from US$90,000 for an entry level S500 to over US$200,000 for a fully equipped S65 AMG, you would at least expect that you'd be able to open or lock the doors of your car... Unfortunately that's not the...