[jstapels]

Not sure I follow this logic...

Do you expect everyone that rides in the back of your car to have read your owner's manual? I realize in this case they also happen to be the owners, but I don't think that's the point here.

Hiding a manual release BEHIND a speaker isn't exactly obvious. I have no opinion on if they deserve $1 million, but I do think Tesla needs take function over form in this case and make the manual override a lot easier to find.

[eridius]

> Do you expect everyone that rides in the back of your car to have read your owner's manual?

That's a rather misleading statement, given that you acknowledge that the people in the back of the car are actually the owners.

And yes, I do expect the owners of the car to be at least aware of what to do in an emergency. The fact that they didn't bother to educate themselves about emergency procedures doesn't mean they get to blame the car manufacturer.

[bicubic]

You're ignoring th fact that anyone could have been in that back seat, and having non owners or children there is statistically more likely. Blaming the driver for not fully understanding the safety features of the car is just a red herring which makes you come off as confused at best, disingenuous at worst. It's entirely plausible for the driver to become incapacitated in a crash while the passengers in the back are usefully conscious and still able to move.

There's a reason why all emergency actuation mechanisms are painted bright red and super visible in all forms of transport from cars to airplanes to buildings. That reason is you cannot reasonably expect all passengers to be intimate with the safety measures, nor can you even expect well versed passengers to be thinking clearly in an amergency situation.

Tesla can certainly expect to get their asses handed to them by various federal regulators across the globe for hiding the 'get me out of the burning death trap' lever behind a god dammed speaker grill.

[zkms]

AFAICT (it's not in the digital version of the manual) the speaker-grill door release cable isn't even documented as an "emergency procedure", it's in the section of the manual about locks and keyless entry and stuff like that.