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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Who are these geniuses who think you can open a door or window underwater?? [/quote]

A manual roll-up window would open just fine.  Unfortunately, most cars have motorized windows now and the chances of them working when the car is submerged are low to zero.[/quote]
Ohhhhh your arm strength is greater than tons of water pressure ?
Anything you say David Banner![/quote]

Np. So can you NEVER open or break a window (or car door) under water? I see this hammer tools being sold? Or I swear I saw a myth buster episode or something that showed you can do it once the water in the car equalized to that outside of the car? Is that not right?

Because that knowledge is the only thing that makes me not panic on a bridge crossing.

Help a girl out with the knowledge. [/quote]

WaPo has an article on this today. They said the thing to do is get your seatbelt off and lower your window. Do those things in the first minute. No time to mess around with looking for a tool plus they don’t work.

Also 1000 kgs is a metric ton. Very common unit
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They’ve done tests. The linked tool is garbage. Its ineffective against water pressure and actually ineffective for its intended use on dry land in many cases bc of the increased uses of much stronger types of laminated glass which don’t shatter when hit. [/quote]

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