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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by emmelaich on Monday February 05, 2018 @10:10PM (#16314161)
That's horrible. I have an enduring fear due to the lack of manual window winders. Harder to open a door in water than wind down a window.

Related - a woman was stuck in her Audi Q3 in 41C (106F) heat. (Australia, 2003)

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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by blinkingled on Monday February 05, 2018 @10:33PM (#16314262)
Yeah window winders too - they should have a knob that drops the window down someplace not accidentally accessible. That should be easy enough to do without adding any significant bulk.
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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by toomanybeersies on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @12:29AM (#16314620)
You can buy window breaking hammers (like they have in public buses) if you're concerned about not being able to get out of your car in a crash.
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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by kevingadd on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @01:05AM (#16314712)
They're extremely cheap and some of them also come with a blade for cutting seatbelts (inside a notch so you won't accidentally cut yourself with it). Definitely a life-saving tool worth keeping in your car.
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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by zuppy on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @03:28AM (#16315058)
And there's even a small spring loaded version, that can be carried with the keys. Look for resqme.
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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by rimliu on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @03:11AM (#16315017)
You can also take a headrest of the front seat and use its prongs to break a window.
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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by bcraven on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:25AM (#16315202)
https://www.snopes.com/car-headrests-emergency-escape/

They're not designed for that, but some can be used in a pinch. Best not to rely on them!

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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by function_seven on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:16AM (#16315178)
Not a bad idea, but are those prongs hard enough? I thought window-breaking tools have a ceramic or tungsten (?) point on them to start the glass fracture.

I'm not going to test it, but I imagine myself desperately bouncing the metal prongs off the inside of a window.

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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by allendoerfer on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @06:40AM (#16315609)
You have to hit the edges of the side windows, they are the weak spot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i5rycLJ3D8&feature=youtu.be...

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Re:A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're B... by function_seven on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @11:55AM (#16317503)
Thanks. I always thought that you had to hit on the actual edge of tempered glass, which is impossible on a rolled-up car window.

Looks like near the edge is good enough.

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