SF Gate: Freak fire traps man inside Audi...

[Michael Guidotti]

something like this needs to be mounted to the car in such a way that if you roll the car it will still be in the same place and should be easily accessible to a passenger as well. also a pocket knife can be very hard to get to if you are stuck in your seatbelt upside down and probably impossible for a passenger to get to if you are unconscious (especially if they do not even know it is there) I think the hammer design with the seatbelt cutter would be the easiest to use especially with gloves on or if your hands are wet (ie. blood can be very slippery)
just my $ .02 on the matter

Mike Guidotti


 .....I have it sitting in my door compartment for easy access.  I will also instruct my kids how to use
it as I have done with flares....

The cool but expensive device is a punch type device with a knife to quickly
cut the seat belt.  Since I carry a pocket knife, I didn't feel I needed it.

Greg
94 S4
86 4KCSQ  (for sale, $2000)

Steve Sears wrote:

> FWIW, the guy should have had an ideal tool for getting out of the window -
> his ignition key.  Put that in your hand, make a fist and wack away.  Many
> of the postings lately have been about impacts from the outside of the car
> as well.  IME, the glass is umteen times stronger to impacts on the outside.