2002年，政府规定所有车辆必须配备标准的夜光后备箱释放杠杆，该杠杆在紧急情况下可从内部打开后备箱。每年，多达20人在被困于后备箱时死亡，后备箱温度会迅速升至致命水平。但你知道它最初是为何被发明的吗？
紧急释放把手的发明是因为一位中年女子和她的丈夫险些被绑架，她们为此进行倡导，直至该装置成为强制性配置。
Janette Fennell’s 残忍绑架激发了现代车辆中最重要的安全特性之一。
为什么会发明紧急释放把手？
即使在货舱空间小到连最熟练的柔术演员都难以应对的车辆中，紧急后备箱释放装置已成为标准配置，这一概念看似不言自明。然而，它今天的普及是长期游说的结果，旨在让汽车制造商和联邦监管机构认真对待后备箱陷阱所带来的危险，正如许多显而易见的安全特性一样。
然而，紧急后备箱释放的背后故事涉及枪支、绑架和失踪儿童，独树一帜，堪称现代安全设备中独一无二的案例。它是一场引发运动的戏剧，也在习惯于处理冷冰冰统计数据的官僚体系中点燃了热情。
Janette Fennell 是因其可怕的经历和坚定不移的决心而每年拯救数百条生命的关键人物，她致力于防止此类悲剧再次发生。（Source: Inside Hook）
紧急释放何时被发明？
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was petitioned in 1984 about the need for a release switch to be incorporated into passenger car trunks, stating that persons such as alarm and stereo installers, mechanics, playful children, pranksters, and crime victims may be trapped in the trunk. The petitioner also believed an elderly person might fall into the trunk and become entrapped. At the time, the agency said such entrapments were highly unlikely.
Between 1984 and 1998, the agency received a total of two dozen more requests for action. NHTSA asked the National Safe Kids Campaign to form a task force to investigate the matter in 1998 no doubt prompted by the tragic deaths of 11 children in three separate incidents within three weeks of each other in July and August of that year. Children dying in hot trunks was not a new phenomenon, but it was one that the auto industry could address. (Source: Driving)
在哪里可以找到紧急释放把手？
To open the trunk, you need to press the trunk release lever to the left of the driver’s seat. To prevent someone from opening the trunk, use your master key to lock the trunk release lever. Give them your valet key if they need to lock or unlock the doors or drive your car. (Source: Honda)
我们自从实施这些释放装置后，未发现有任何人因被困在后备箱中而死亡的案例。曾有多起报告称盗贼将人塞入汽车后备箱并驾车前往自动取款机。然而，他们发现了释放装置并跳了出来。
Janette Fennell，Kids and Cars的创始人兼总裁
(Source: Jerry)
