You don’t understand the concept of keys getting locked inside a car? This is about the most “touch grass” situation in the history of Internet comments. Locking keys in a car is super common, plenty of locksmiths make a living off the fact that it happens. Not sure how you missed that.
I think the confusion is this was a solved problem 30 years ago. Door automatically unlocks if you open from the inside and can’t be locked until you close it again. You had to work hard to get you keys locked in the car.
Engineers can create guards against mistakes, but if I wanted to find a way to lock my keys in my car that could be believably done by accident, I don’t think it would be hard. My dad recently locked his keys in his new truck. It’s possible to do.
Edit: also, 30 years? 1996 vehicles didn’t commonly protect you very much against this…
You don’t understand the concept of keys getting locked inside a car? This is about the most “touch grass” situation in the history of Internet comments. Locking keys in a car is super common, plenty of locksmiths make a living off the fact that it happens. Not sure how you missed that.
I think the confusion is this was a solved problem 30 years ago. Door automatically unlocks if you open from the inside and can’t be locked until you close it again. You had to work hard to get you keys locked in the car.
Engineers can create guards against mistakes, but if I wanted to find a way to lock my keys in my car that could be believably done by accident, I don’t think it would be hard. My dad recently locked his keys in his new truck. It’s possible to do.
Edit: also, 30 years? 1996 vehicles didn’t commonly protect you very much against this…
Because they unsolved the problem for some reason. Probably cut a deal with major locksmiths.