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by bicubic 3345 days ago
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.