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Re:Tesla recalls almost half a million electric cars over sa... by awestley on Thursday December 30, 2021 @05:40PM (#29742385)
I've seen what an unlatched hood can do at highway speeds. It will rip the hood right off the dampers and smash the windshield. FSD won't help you.
Re:Tesla recalls almost half a million electric cars over sa... by SilasX on Thursday December 30, 2021 @07:49PM (#29743545)
Heh, reminds me of front-facing “suicide doors” on cars that were so named (in part) because the air at highway speeds pushes said doors further open when cracked (or even before).

I guess these Teslas have “suicide frunks”!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_door#Disadvantages

Re:Tesla recalls almost half a million electric cars over sa... by loonster on Friday December 31, 2021 @08:13AM (#29747678)
Was that a A fully unlatched hood or one that is caught by the manual safety latch?
Re:Tesla recalls almost half a million electric cars over sa... by thrashh on Friday December 31, 2021 @11:40AM (#29749665)
I’ve seen many cars accidentally driven with the hood open but caught by the safety latch at highway speeds.

I imagine either regulations and/or good engineering makes it safe to drive with an open but latched hood considering that you can pop the hood while driving by accident.

Re:Tesla recalls almost half a million electric cars over sa... by throwaway0a5e on Thursday December 30, 2021 @05:45PM (#29742454)
Hood will almost certainly stay on, which is arguably less convenient.
Re:Tesla recalls almost half a million electric cars over sa... by jaclaz on Friday December 31, 2021 @07:23AM (#29747403)
Hmmm, but possibly better for the cars following ... a hood detached from a car at highway speed is the closest thing I can imagine to a UFO Robot Grandizer Single Harken (for those that were kids in the '70's):

https://mazingerzgreatkaiser.fandom.com/wiki/Grendizer#Weapo...