EPA safety door unlocks (for the children) trump agents safety in a fire fight.
The difference between verification and validation.
Something so simple overlooked in the prcess. I should believe that this issues has been fixed at this point..
My Suburban does this and I have always thought it unsafe (and no... mine isn’t armored). I don’t know how many times that I have put it in “park” and then hit the “lock” button immediately.
Armored vehicle automatically unlocks...for the children...ping.
Nuts!
My 2007 MDX does NOT unlock when in park!
Who wants their anxious 5 yr old jumping out with a supervised exit?
(I know this because I don’t have kids and the damn passenger door is locked when I go to open it...)
I know that is not the issue here but, I learned fast about AK-47 penetration in Viet Nam when I had taken cover behind a bulldozer blade. The incoming AK-47 rounds went through it making the blade look like Swiss Cheeze.
There is a setting to change this. I did it on my daughters car.
First damn time I’ve ever read about the Jaime Zapata story in any detail.
Incredible, on so many levels.
So we’ll never know if he was specifically targeted or a target of opportunity. It sounds like he was not trained for any kind of dangerous work. The fact that U.S. agents aren’t allowed to be armed in Mexico is an outrage.
So the standard Suburban can be switched to manual? This reminds me of something I heard somewhere: that people nowadays routinely drown or burn to death in their crashed cars because, the moment the electrical system goes dead the doors and windows freeze and only a fireman can pry it open.
My Ford Edge unlocks the doors when I turn off the ignition, remove the key, and then pull the handle on the driver’s side door. It’s a pretty good compromise between security and convenience. I can hop out and start unloading things without unlocking individual doors, but if I’m sitting somewhere with the ignition off the doors are still locked.
There, I fixed the title for you.
If they didn’t unlock - Mexican goons would have duck taped the doors shut and the agents would have died of heat when the gas and air conditioning ran out. A better solution might be to assume it’s a war zone and use tanks...
Also, Homeland Security is soooooooo politically correct we have to assume Muslim and Mexican infiltration is massive. Drug Lords and terrorists will know our movements before our guys are on the road...
I’ll be that the same corporation who amored Zapata’s SUV wasn’t the same corporation that does the POTUS Limo.
I’ll bet that the same corporation who amored Zapata’s SUV wasn’t the same corporation that does the POTUS Limo.
Ever since the 1980’s, GM vehicles have had this “feature”.
It’s especially annoying when you’re trying to shuttle folks from one area to another in the dead of winter, like I did one year for my sister’s wedding. 25 below zero, 1/2 mile on private property, but big brother wants those doors LOCKED if the car is in drive.
PITA and stupid overall. That it cost a border agent his life is yet another reason GM should have been allowed chapter 11.