Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/03/16/woman-escapes-kidnapper-by-lea.html
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Sufficiently new vehicles sold in the US all have safety releases inside the trunk, and many (maybe most?) have a light you can turn on. One of very few regulations ever drafted that was a solution in search of a problem (almost all are reactive) with potential to be a real life saver.
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Great story. Good for her taking action like that.
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Brilliant feature. I’ve been driving older SUVs and or hatchbacks for so long I didn’t realize that these existed. Story with a happy ending as a result.
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this guy is future Darwin Award winner for sure
wait for it…
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Even newer hatchbacks have the escape latch.
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I’ve had cars older than 2002 when the requirement to add these to cars was implemented.
Here’s the rather dramatic genesis of the trunk escape lever:
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Also, good choice on the timing!
She seems to have really kept her wits about her in a tough situation 
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Is that really what they look like? With a stick figure that is obviously fleeing from captivity and not simply escaping a potentially embarrassing encounter with the local fire department?
Videos like this make me wonder how many people are in the trunks of the cars all around me. I mean escaping is apparently rare enough that it makes headlines so surely a larger proportion contain a person that is not escaping.
I bet there are at least 3 cars in the parking lot here at work that currently contain people. That Cadillac might even have two.
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I mentioned this in another thread a long time ago, but I had a co-worker who had previously worked at Canon (the ones who make cameras and copy machines). She used to take smoke breaks with a guy, who, turns out, was a serial killer. And yep, he kept the bodies in his trunk. She said he used to park kind of far away from the building. I tried to find the guy’s name but my Google Fu escapes me. He was killing prostitutes.
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You are mistaken. That Cadillac has a three body trunk.
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The 2017 640Hp Cadaver To Stash-V series model comes with an emergency rope, shovel and bleach kit.
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Let’s Do This! Very creepy slogan in this context IK
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I wonder if there’s a “kidnapping” version that simultaneously releases the trunk lid and drives 6" spikes through the driver’s seat.
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Oh, you Altima driving bad guys.
Give us a ‘mea Nissan Maxima culpa’ why don’t you.
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