Man trapped in his Corvette dies from heat.
06-11-2015, 08:33 AM
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Drifting
Keeping something like that charged would be problematic.
06-11-2015, 08:39 AM
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Race Director
I'm guessing if there wasn't a medical issue. The fella just panicked and became disoriented. I bet the memo's are flying to the dealerships to show buyer's the manual process for getting the doors open in the event of a power failure.
06-11-2015, 08:42 AM
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Its so not necessary to deal with the 12v mc battery issue. Just reach down to the floor and pull the door release handle. This is such a blatant case of preventable death it boggles my mind. Since it was a coupe, if nothing else remove the roof???
I can understand that perhaps a passenger may not know about the door release (my ex was stuck in the car at a gas station one time when I went in to get us a drink). But as an owner/driver I find it inexcusable to not have known about it.
With that said, I better get my C7 manual out and become more familiar with it.
I can understand that perhaps a passenger may not know about the door release (my ex was stuck in the car at a gas station one time when I went in to get us a drink). But as an owner/driver I find it inexcusable to not have known about it.
With that said, I better get my C7 manual out and become more familiar with it.
06-11-2015, 08:48 AM
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Drifting
Its so not necessary to deal with the 12v mc battery issue. Just reach down to the floor and pull the door release handle. This is such a blatant case of preventable death it boggles my mind. Since it was a coupe, if nothing else remove the roof???
I can understand that perhaps a passenger may not know about the door release (my ex was stuck in the car at a gas station one time when I went in to get us a drink). But as an owner/driver I find it inexcusable to not have known about it.
With that said, I better get my C7 manual out and become more familiar with it.
I can understand that perhaps a passenger may not know about the door release (my ex was stuck in the car at a gas station one time when I went in to get us a drink). But as an owner/driver I find it inexcusable to not have known about it.
With that said, I better get my C7 manual out and become more familiar with it.
06-11-2015, 09:24 AM
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Melting Slicks
Police believe Rogers became trapped inside the car with electric locks and windows after a battery cable came loose
06-11-2015, 09:38 AM
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Race Director
Agreed that this sound like a major medical event.
Jimmy
06-11-2015, 09:41 AM
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Melting Slicks
Wouldn't he had left the window open a crack for the dog to breathe while he was in the restaurant? If the car lost the battery connection, he wouldn't have been able to raise the window. There is deft something more to this story.
06-11-2015, 09:46 AM
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Melting Slicks
06-11-2015, 09:50 AM
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Drifting
06-11-2015, 09:53 AM
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This is very sad, I feel terrible for the dog. Anyone can break a door window with their foot, a seat belt buckle or a bunch of other things that are in a car. And with the alternatives posted above this guy was lucky he made it to 72 without drowning in a bathtub forgetting how to turn the water off. I'm just wondering if he had advanced alzheimer's disease.
Then again my mother-in-law is proof a human can exist without a functioning brain. (good thing my wife doesn't know about this forum)
Then again my mother-in-law is proof a human can exist without a functioning brain. (good thing my wife doesn't know about this forum)
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06-11-2015, 10:25 AM
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06-11-2015, 10:31 AM
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He was at a restaurant and couldn't get anyone's attention by yelling or beating on the glass or something? I can't wrap my head around this. I feel the worst for the dog suffering like that because it was completely helpless. The owner should've have known there was a release lever.
06-11-2015, 11:47 AM
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I am continually amazed at how few people read the owner's manual.
06-11-2015, 12:24 PM
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The electronic door latches are cool and everything, and functioning adults should be capable of knowing what to do if they fail, but as an enthusiast site, I think most are collectively over-estimating the average intelligence or forethought of the average car owner.
MOST people are complete idiots that have little business leaving a padded room on a daily basis. At the end of the day the electronic latch operation is a liability that I'm amazed has never killed anyone before (if this is the first time) and that I'm amazed the lawyers allowed to be placed in the car in the first place.
I'd bet good money that 95% of all C6/7 drivers have no idea the latches are there.
Removing the roof completely from the inside would require at least some upper body strength that I would not automatically assume a 72 year old has.
MOST people are complete idiots that have little business leaving a padded room on a daily basis. At the end of the day the electronic latch operation is a liability that I'm amazed has never killed anyone before (if this is the first time) and that I'm amazed the lawyers allowed to be placed in the car in the first place.
I'd bet good money that 95% of all C6/7 drivers have no idea the latches are there.
Removing the roof completely from the inside would require at least some upper body strength that I would not automatically assume a 72 year old has.
06-11-2015, 12:35 PM
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Burning Brakes
Yes, I would have just hit the button to open my convertible top or open my storage compartment/screen to get my gun to shoot out the windows.
Oops, that operates by elec too...
Wished some things were still mechanical.... Like door mechanism...
Oops, that operates by elec too...
Wished some things were still mechanical.... Like door mechanism...
06-11-2015, 12:47 PM
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He was at a restaurant and couldn't get anyone's attention by yelling or beating on the glass or something? I can't wrap my head around this. I feel the worst for the dog suffering like that because it was completely helpless. The owner should've have known there was a release lever.
