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7. Without knowing the Make/Model and Year of the car - an observation
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 01:48 PM
Oct 2021

A poor design may have contributed to the death. Some cars have a power window switch design which is a rocker, and a person can press down on one end to lower the window, but also press down on the other end to raise the window. My mom's ancient Nissan Maxima had such a design. A much better design has a pull up on the switch to raise the window and a push down to lower the window. My Mazda 6 has such a design.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=127763&page=1

And apparently the push down switch type was regulated away in 2004 with a 2008 implementation.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/09/15/04-20714/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-power-operated-window-partition-and-roof-panel-systems

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