safety glass

[Brett Dikeman]

At 1:33 PM -0700 7/22/04, Dan DiBiase wrote:

>Perhaps because of fears of being trapped if you end up 
>underwater...? Wonder how long it would take one of those little 
>'emergancy escape' hammers to break through......

That's why you undo your seatbelt, and simply roll down the window- 
once the car has flooded, you open the door and swim out.  All the 
electrics in a car continue to be powered for quite some time, even 
after the car has become completely submerged.  Nevermind that modern 
cars don't sink instantly, because they're reasonably well sealed at 
the doors and such.

Failing that, just wait for the car to flood(this will happen pretty 
quickly), and open the door.

http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/news/2001/pr031401.html
http://lifeguardsupport.co.uk/main/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=29

and plenty others found with a 10 second google search.

Brett
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