Don't Be This Guy

[boss302ls]

Cleveland man gets trapped in car for 13 hours after power locks fail.

http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/09...-car-for-13-hours-after-power-locks-fail.html

 

[Grant 302]

Yeah, I hope I'm not that helpless when I'm 75.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Ye Gads.... I like the line at the end......"Pyros has retained an attorney and is considering taking legal action against GM"

I would try to lay as low as possible so that people would not remember me!!!

 

[TymeSlayer]

Not sure I would go public with this story if it were me.

Why is it that Idiot + Lawyer = $$$

 

[Norm Peterson]

I really don't know where to place the greater blame, whether with consumers demanding that computers and electronics be somehow involved in everything they do, or (in this case) GM for pushing electronic solutions for everything on them.

The potential for incidents like this was fully recognized by GM and a mechanical means of releasing the door catch was provided. Which they should have just put in the door where it would be more visible and left the electronics out of it.

There's no excuse for this sort of complexity. 75 isn't far off for me, barely over 4 years, and if by then I'm too feeble to operate a mechanical door handle do you really want me out driving in traffic that includes you?


Norm

 

[gripdriver]

what kind of 75 year old man cant figure out how to get out of a locked car?

No man at all is the answer.

 

[302BOB]

do you really want me out driving in traffic that includes you?

Norm, I think I might be better off with you on the road than all those distracted drivers with cell phones texting and taking and eating their Big Macs. As for that guy that got locked in his Caddy, I"m sure panic came into the picture and derailed his normal thinking, all tho 13 hrs IS a long tyme to figure a way out.

 

[thehueypilot]

Another reason to always carry a gun in your car......to shoot out the window when trapped.

Tim

 

[boss302ls]

Another reason to always carry a gun in your car......to shoot out the window when trapped.

Tim

You're assuming this guy knows how to operate a gun. That might not be the case. LOL

 

[booah]

Pyros....heat exhaustion.....
Aren't all head rests removable for this reason, remove break glass

 

[Grant 302]

You're assuming this guy knows how to operate a gun. That might not be the case. LOL

"Man, 75, shoots self while trying to exit locked car"

 

[302BOB]

"Man, 75, shoots self while trying to exit locked car"

or even worse...'Man accidentally shoots and kills neighbor trying to help him out of his locked car"......After the Sandy Hook shooting massacre here a while back, there was talk of arming teachers as a precaution to future "problems". More locked doors seemed to be the better solution.........words of thought...............In Heaven there are no keys or locks...............................

 

[boss302ls]

"Man, 75, shoots self while trying to exit locked car"

That's it! That's the title for my next "Don't Be This Guy" post. You nailed it Grant!

 

[302BOB]

Back in the day, My '87 Cutlass had normal hand operated door locks...I must have been the safest guy on the planet.......

 

[boss302ls]

Back in the day, My '87 Cutlass had normal hand operated door locks...I must have been the safest guy on the planet.......

Millenials would have a difficult time operating a car like that though. No Blue tooth, no collision avoidance system, no navigation system, no WiFi, no Internet, no rear cameras. The horror!

 

[302BOB]

With modern age comes modern problems...I hope I can survive

 

[boss302ls]

With modern age comes modern problems...I hope I can survive

If you really want to see the future of technology watch this YT video. Be forewarned, it may give you nightmares. Kubrick's Hal is for boyscouts. This will scare the hell out of anyone.

 

[302BOB]

If Hon learns about this, I'm History channel...............This needs to be dropped on Detroit ASAP!!!!!!

 

[Fastfordnut]

There was a spoof commercial put out a while ago for this situation.

Hello?
Blondestar assistance.....

 

[boss302ls]

There was a spoof commercial put out a while ago for this situation.

Hello?
Blondestar assistance.....

awesome!!!...thanx for posting. amazing you were able to recall this video. Wonder if the 75 year old sweaty Pyros is a blonde.