Woman Calls Orem Police To Free Her From Her Locked Car

renovation · 06-03-2008, 03:30 PM

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/loc...3-3a2fd9347606

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Automatic car features are supposed to make life easier for motorists, but they may be leaving some people without the know-how to do things the old-fashioned way. That’s what happened to a driver in Utah County who became trapped inside her own car.

A woman called Orem police Friday afternoon needing help because her battery died and she was locked inside her car.

When police arrived, they found the woman sitting in the car, unable to get herself out. She couldn’t hear the officers instructions through the rolled-up windows so she motioned to them to call her on her cell phone, according to police.

Once officers were able to talk to the woman on the phone, they were able to tell her how to manually operate the slide lock mechanism on the inside door panel to open the door and free herself.

“I'm just glad she had a cell phone to call for help,” an officer said.

wonder how old this lady was .and i bet she takes the auto maker to court on this. for mental stress being locked into her own car. bets are she'll win millions !

mechmike0034 · 06-03-2008, 04:22 PM

I got two or three similar calls while working as a AAA wrecker driver in the early '90s.

Jeffbx · 06-04-2008, 06:04 AM

(waits for the blonde jokes to start rolling in...)

DarkFury · 06-04-2008, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeffbx

(waits for the blonde jokes to start rolling in...)

That blonde was so stupid, she got run over by a parked car.

attgig · 06-06-2008, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by mechmike0034

I got two or three similar calls while working as a AAA wrecker driver in the early '90s.

wow... I'd think back then, manual locks were a bit more common that they would've remembered....

Thesifer · 06-07-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by renovation

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/loc...3-3a2fd9347606
wonder how old this lady was .and i bet she takes the auto maker to court on this. for mental stress being locked into her own car. bets are she'll win millions !

I'm willing to bet millions that you are incorrect. Even if she DOES sue, she won't win. And I doubt she sues.

06-03-2008, 04:22 PM	#2
mechmike0034 Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ala-effin'-bama! Posts: 2,392	I got two or three similar calls while working as a AAA wrecker driver in the early '90s. __________________ "The price of progress is trouble." (C. F. "Boss" Kettering) "50% of the American public has below-average intelligence. 70% of the American public now has regular access to the Internet. Do the math." (unknown) "I have vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals." (Paul Newman, as Butch Cassidy)

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