A Company That Tears Cars Apart to Find Out How They're Built

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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