Trapped, in a car, underwater. What to do?

[dawny0826]

Just drive with the windows down like me. :cover:

With a broken A/C...that's not a problem! (Insert smilie overheating)

 

[Draka]

With a broken A/C...that's not a problem! (Insert smilie overheating)

My A/C doesn't work either, (though I'd like to have it fixed before the baby comes) hence the comment about 2/60. 2 windows, 60 mph

 

[dawny0826]

My A/C doesn't work either, (though I'd like to have it fixed before the baby comes) hence the comment about 2/60. 2 windows, 60 mph

I missed that.

 

[robtex]

All right who is gonna volunteer to drive a junker into the lake with scuba gear on to test AE's theories?

 

[Draka]

All right who is gonna volunteer to drive a junker into the lake with scuba gear on to test AE's theories?

*waves hand wildly in air* oh oh ME! pick me pick me!

 

[kevmicsmi]

First I would roll the window down and swim to shore, then I would go to the DA so we could prosecute Ted Kennedy to the full extent of the law.....OOOOPs was that inapropriate?

 

[Crystallas]

Push the onstar button.

 

[finalfrogo]

Yeah, there aren't any bridges nearby...

 

[Linus]

Read the thread, Linus! :bonk:

lol

Sorry. I just read the op and then posted. I hate it when I do that...

 

[Lindsey-Loo]

Hmm, I would scream, panic, then die.

I've been panicking a lot lately. Like we went to the state capitol today for Youth Legislature, and my advisor crammed, like, over half of everyone who was there into one elevator, and I could barely breathe. Am I claustrophobic?

 

[evearael]

I've been panicking a lot lately. Like we went to the state capitol today for Youth Legislature, and my advisor crammed, like, over half of everyone who was there into one elevator, and I could barely breathe. Am I claustrophobic?

Possibly. I get that response too...

 

[Runt]

All right who is gonna volunteer to drive a junker into the lake with scuba gear on to test AE's theories?

I'll do it if you buy me a brand new lamborghini if I survive... my little toyota just doesn't reflect my sense of style and sophistication. *smirks*

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

It's scary that no one appeared to know this.

I knew that, but I didn't notice this thread for a year and a half.

 

[Nanda]

If you can't manage to break or roll down the window, they showed on Mythbusters that if you can somehow manage to remain calm, you can quite easily hold your breath long enough until the pressure equals out, then simply open the door and swim to the surface.

The tough part is remaining calm.

 

[Circle_One]

Psh! Good luck with that!

Actually, it's not really that far fetched. Mythbusters proved that rolling down your automatic window is pretty much the best chance you have, aside from not plunging into water in your car, of course. Yes, I said automatic window.

 

[Circle_One]

If you can't manage to break or roll down the window, they showed on Mythbusters that if you can somehow manage to remain calm, you can quite easily hold your breath long enough until the pressure equals out, then simply open the door and swim to the surface.

The tough part is remaining calm.

Yay! I saw that episode too!

I couldn't believe the automatic window worked!

They do say though, that you should carry some sort of window breaking device in your glove box, just in case. You can get small ones for cheap.

 

[Nanda]

Yay! I saw that episode too!

I couldn't believe the automatic window worked!

They do say though, that you should carry some sort of window breaking device in your glove box, just in case. You can get small ones for cheap.

Les Stroud (Survivorman) recommends those. I love that man. I started carrying a magnesium/flint stick in my purse after the episode where he used one.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

They do say though, that you should carry some sort of window breaking device in your glove box, just in case. You can get small ones for cheap.

Ideally, you want one with a built-in seat belt cutter, secured somewhere you can get to while belted in - I've heard stories about worn-out seat belt buckles sometimes failing to unlatch while under serious tension (e.g. when you're hanging by your seatbelt because your car is upside down).

Also, it doesn't really work in the situation I just described, but you can use the butt of a fire extinguisher as a sort of battering ram to break the side window. I had that in mind when I installed a fire extinguisher under my seat... though embarrasingly, I never bothered to replace the thing after I actually had to use it (I came across a car with the beginnings of an engine fire pulled off on the freeway).

 

[angellous_evangellous]

haha

I don't think that any of us would crash into a lake sober.

Calmly, we'll try and remember what we read on RF so long ago about what to do...

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Ideally, you want one with a built-in seat belt cutter, secured somewhere you can get to while belted in - I've heard stories about worn-out seat belt buckles sometimes failing to unlatch while under serious tension (e.g. when you're hanging by your seatbelt because your car is upside down).

Also, it doesn't really work in the situation I just described, but you can use the butt of a fire extinguisher as a sort of battering ram to break the side window. I had that in mind when I installed a fire extinguisher under my seat... though embarrasingly, I never bothered to replace the thing after I actually had to use it (I came across a car with the beginnings of an engine fire pulled off on the freeway).

Dang, you're really in deep poop if you have to break a window underwater. All that water is going to rush in, along with the broken glass, right into your face.