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Some semi-hidden latch is shockingly poor UX, and frankly I am surprised this is coming out of Tesla. It appears as though nobody has gone through an emergency
by mdekkers 10y ago
Some semi-hidden latch is shockingly poor UX, and frankly I am surprised this is coming out of Tesla. It appears as though nobody has gone through an emergency scenario with these doors. It isn't fucking hard either - the basic rule is: "when in an emergency situation, 99.999% of the population will not turn into Rambo or Bear Grylls, but instead their faculties will drop to basics. We start to see in flashes as opposed to "streaming" and we start to perceive the world in black and white as opposed to color. The amygdala will be in control, and is really good at pumping us full of go-fast juice, and kinda sucks at higher level reasoning."
So to cater for an emergency scenario, make everything simple, obvious, and wherever possible, dependent on muscle memory. The emergency release should depend on whatever mechanism is already used for that door (no idea what it is now), but more - if it is a latch, have some mechanism where if you pull the latch much harder it becomes a mechanical device that opens the door. In the case of these wing doors that move up, make the whole door drop off the hinges or something. In the case of an electric button, make it so that if you depress it even more, again it becomes a mechanical device. etc. WTF, Tesla?