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Texas Man and His Dog Found Dead After Becoming Trapped Inside Car

Thankfully cell phones are pretty prevalent. Also, there was a manual release.

I wonder if he had some minor dementia. My guess is he fell asleep waiting for some to come help and just never woke up.
 
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Jimmy, is that you?

that doesn't fold!
 
Poor guy was 72 years old and trapped in his car, instead of asking why didn't a seventy-two year old Army vet didn't have the strength to break out of his car window, why didn't he have a phone to call 911 or a friend? Or more importantly, why didn't anyone come to help him out?

The linked article states that Mr. Rogers had accidentally left his cell behind at the Waffle House in whose parking lot he died.
 
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You may want to read the whole thread. Chevy put a way for you to get both into and out of the car if and when the battery dies. Hard to blame Chevy for someone not bothering to look into how to do that. Especially when it is a lever by the door with a rather obvious red marking of a door.
 
From a major regional news outlet at about the 3-minute mark, you can hear what the man who tried to rescue Mr. Rogers, a Mr. Ponsegrau, has to say about all the "armchair geniuses" who posted at KHOU's website about how they could have saved themselves. Also from this link:

Mike Flash, owner of Corvette Specialties, told 12News that the 2007 Corvette has a manual release located on the floorboard by the driver's seat. But Rogers did not know that.

Ponsegrau says Rogers was not the only one unaware of that. He says he, along with first responders, also struggled finding away to get Rogers o out of the car.

Ponsegrau says eventually firefighters had to break the window.

He said, "There's is a way to get in, but it's not common knowledge."

Hernandez says police believe her dad made a valiant effort to escape, and possibly died while looking through the car's manual. Texas man, dog die after being trapped in Corvette
 
You may want to read the whole thread. Chevy put a way for you to get both into and out of the car if and when the battery dies. Hard to blame Chevy for someone not bothering to look into how to do that. Especially when it is a lever by the door with a rather obvious red marking of a door.

Doesn't matter if they put in a way to do it if nobody knows it exists. The question is did Chevy make a reasonable effort to educate people about this and would a reasonable person be expected to know how to do it.

I'm going to say probably not.

I think a lawsuit would be successful, and I'm sure there are plenty of Texas lawyers contacting the family as we speak soliciting their services.

I'm all for that. Any way we can bring money to Texas and take it away from the unions up north is fine by me... especially when it's the direct result of negligence and greed that led to the death of a Texas war veteran.
 
From a major regional news outlet at about the 3-minute mark, you can hear what the man who tried to rescue Mr. Rogers, a Mr. Ponsegrau, has to say about all the "armchair geniuses" who posted at KHOU's website about how they could have saved themselves. Also from this link:

Mike Flash, owner of Corvette Specialties, told 12News that the 2007 Corvette has a manual release located on the floorboard by the driver's seat. But Rogers did not know that.

Ponsegrau says Rogers was not the only one unaware of that. He says he, along with first responders, also struggled finding away to get Rogers o out of the car.

Ponsegrau says eventually firefighters had to break the window.

He said, "There's is a way to get in, but it's not common knowledge."

Hernandez says police believe her dad made a valiant effort to escape, and possibly died while looking through the car's manual. Texas man, dog die after being trapped in Corvette

Exactly, which is why Chevy's ass is getting sued.

No reasonable person would know that door release was there.
 
Doesn't matter if they put in a way to do it if nobody knows it exists. The question is did Chevy make a reasonable effort to educate people about this and would a reasonable person be expected to know how to do it.

I'm going to say probably not.

I think a lawsuit would be successful, and I'm sure there are plenty of Texas lawyers contacting the family as we speak soliciting their services.

I'm all for that. Any way we can bring money to Texas and take it away from the unions up north is fine by me... especially when it's the direct result of negligence and greed that led to the death of a Texas war veteran.
So now a car company has to explain every single feature on a car before they sell it. Putting it in the owners manual is not enough. What about cars that have levers to open the fuel door in the same place. Do I need someone to show me how to do that and if and I can put fuel in my car so it runs out of gas on the highway and I get killed can my family sue the car company than to.
I thought people from Texas conservatives from Texas were supposed to be all about personal responsibility. How come folks don't need to have the personal responsibility to understand how to operate the piece of equipment that they are driving.
If someone can successfully sue Chevy over this it is just one more perfect example of Americans refusing to take responsibly for themselves and always looking to blame others for their own mistakes. Something conservatives are supposed to be all for.

And what greed lead to this. I would really like to see the explanation for that.

I really think your partisanship is getting in you way here.
 
Exactly, which is why Chevy's ass is getting sued.

No reasonable person would know that door release was there.
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It is spelled out in the owners manual. It is not the car companies fault if you choose to not read it before you drive the car. Really not big on the whole personal responsibility thing are you.
 
Exactly, which is why Chevy's ass is getting sued.

No reasonable person would know that door release was there.
It's remarkable isn't it? Personal responsibility is only to be mentioned when it can be used to justify or mock poor people or minorities. When it applies to Texans who drive sports cars though, then everything becomes someone else' fault. These conservatives are such hypocrites.
 
It's remarkable isn't it? Personal responsibility is only to be mentioned when it can be used to justify or mock poor people or minorities. When it applies to Texans who drive sports cars though, then everything becomes someone else' fault. These conservatives are such hypocrites.
Some are some are not. Exactly like many liberals.
That said judging all of them off the actions of some makes you no different than those who judge all of one race off the actions off of a few of that races members.
 
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It is spelled out in the owners manual. It is not the car companies fault if you choose to not read it before you drive the car. Really not big on the whole personal responsibility thing are you.

99% of a car manual is lawyer crap like "never drive thru water over 3" deep" even though everybody does just that. No one wastes their time reading the owners manual.
 
99% of a car manual is lawyer crap like "never drive thru water over 3" deep" even though everybody does just that. No one wastes their time reading the owners manual.

It is not the car companies fault that drivers can not be bothered to read the operating instructions for the peice of equipment they are using. And not driving through 3 feet of water is not lawyer stuff it is a very good idea of something not to do with your car. Not only can it be dangerous it can easily ruin your car.

Some people just need to take the personal responsibility for thier actions. The car company provided a peice of equipment that as far as we know in this case worked as advertised and they also gave them operating instructions on how to operate that vehicle. If the owner can't be bothered to read those instructions that is on them.
I am so sick of people in this country wanting to blame everyone one but themselves for the consequences from the decisions they make. And yes choosing not to read those instructions was a choice.
Had the owner wasted his time to read those instructions than he would still be alive.
 
Is a reasonable person safe in a Chevy? Maybe not if they don't know how to get out of the car. A lawsuit will force Chevrolette to make a safer vehicle.

So now a car company has to explain every single feature on a car before they sell it. Putting it in the owners manual is not enough. What about cars that have levers to open the fuel door in the same place. Do I need someone to show me how to do that and if and I can put fuel in my car so it runs out of gas on the highway and I get killed can my family sue the car company than to.
I thought people from Texas conservatives from Texas were supposed to be all about personal responsibility. How come folks don't need to have the personal responsibility to understand how to operate the piece of equipment that they are driving.
If someone can successfully sue Chevy over this it is just one more perfect example of Americans refusing to take responsibly for themselves and always looking to blame others for their own mistakes. Something conservatives are supposed to be all for.

And what greed lead to this. I would really like to see the explanation for that.

I really think your partisanship is getting in you way here.
 
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