Another Audi feature

Huw Powell audi at humanspeakers.com
Tue Dec 23 10:46:52 PST 2008


> The automatic locking feature when you exceed 15 MPH or put the car into
> gear is a feature I'm NOT a fan of.  With the Audis, it can be disabled with
> VAG-COM (VCDS).
> 
> My father liked that feature and programmed it into his new 2001 Lexus LS430
> Ultra Luxury (WHAT a car to travel in!).  He had a minor heart attack while
> driving (age 54).  Because the doors were locked, the ambulance couldn't get
> into the car and he became hypoxic.  Almost no heart damage, but he died in
> a coma several days later.  Had they got him out of the car quickly and
> administered CPR, he would've fully recovered.
> 

Wow, that's sad.

Don't ambulance people just smash windows in cases like that?  I guess not?

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi

http://www.humanthoughts.org/


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