[VIDEO] TV Cameraman Gets Locked Inside a C6 Corvette and Calls 911

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[VIDEO] TV Cameraman Gets Locked Inside a C6 Corvette and Calls 911

Hey, don’t blame the Corvette.

That’s our first reaction to a man getting locked inside a C6 after he climbed inside a 2007 Corvette coupe on sale at a Lynchburg, Va., car lot last week. (At least it wasn’t a convertible with the top down and the doors locked.)

Since 2005, Corvette have had electronic locks on the doors instead of manual ones, so if you don’t have the key fob, you could get trapped inside … IF YOU DON’T TAKE TIME TO READ THE OWNER’S MANUAL.

There in plain English, it tells you what to do in such an emergency. There are actually two levers that will open the door, one under the driver’s seat and the other in the rear compartment.

In this case, though, the victim, Jemon Haskins, didn’t know what to do and apparently the owner’s manual either wasn’t in the car or he didn’t think to look for it.

Last Sunday, while the lot was closed, Haskins found the Corvette door open and did what many curious folks do. He climbed inside and closed the door to take a look around, not realizing what would happen next. When he tried to get out, he was locked inside.

Not consulting the owner’s manual, Haskins didn’t know what to do next.

He tried both door handles and the buttons on the door panels, with no results. “I tried tugging at it, pushing at it…nothing. So I tried going over here, seeing if this door would unlock…same thing wouldn’t open,” Haskins said.

He could have just removed the targa top, but being a Corvette rookie, he didn’t know how to do that, either.

As the temperature inside started to increase, Haskins decided to do the next reasonable thing and called a 911 operator, who seemed not to have a clue what to do, unfortunately.

[VIDEO] TV Cameraman Gets Locked Inside a C6 Corvette and Calls 911

“I mean is your door jammed or?” the 911 operator asked.

“No it’s got one of these electronic doors and it’s stuck it’s locked,” said Haskins.

Fortunately for Haskins, a man walking by the lot heard him honking the horn and was able to open the door from the outside.

“I jumped out and said phewww, good gracious.. Fresh air,” said Haskins.

GM spokesman Monte Doran said the company encourages dealers to tell customers about the door locks and the emergency levers and not surprisingly says no recall is planned.


Source:
wset.com

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