Q: How do you escape a Sinking Car ?

Question

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Answer 1

1. Remain calm. Your chances are good.

2. Get out quickly! Unfasten your seat belt immediately. This is the major reason victims don’t survive. Get the window or door opened asap.

3. The window is your friend. Electric windows? Keep a screwdriver or hammer in your glove box, or drive with your window cracked when crossing a body of water. You can even buy a handy device called the Window Punch.

Don’t bother with trying to break your windshield - it’s virtually impossible. Once your window is down/broken, water will flood in - don’t panic! Water inside the car is your friend (this reduces pressure and actually makes it easier to escape). Take a series of three giant breaths to relax your body and expand your chest, then take a final gulp before going for the glass.

4. If you can’t break your windows, climb into the back seat. The front of the car sinks first, so air will remain trapped in the back of the car for a few more precious seconds as you work to open a window.

5. Once the glass is open/broken, keep your head above water for as long as possible!

6. Escape through a window or open the door as soon as you can. In your panic, you may think you can’t open the door when it’s simply locked, so make sure to unlock the door immediately!

7. Swim to the surface as quickly as possible. Push off the car and swim to the surface. If you don’t know which way to swim, look for light and swim toward it or follow any bubbles you see as they will be going up, or allow yourself to float for a moment. You will eventually start to float towards the surface. Be aware of your surroundings as you swim and surface. Use them for leveraging if you can.

8. Get medical attention as soon as possible. The adrenaline in your bloodstream after the escape may make you unable to immediately detect any other injuries you may have sustained in the accident.

Answer 2

The doors open but you need to push them hard...

Don't ever open the windows, more water gets in.

Answer 3

You can't open the door until the pressure is equal.  If you're lucky your car window is already down.  Or even luckier, you immediately roll the window down on entering the water.

Basically if you don't have an open window, you need to let the car completely fill with water, because it will be impossible to open door until it does.  There is also a device that you can keep in the car to smash the window.

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Answer 4

Stay as calm as you can....unhook your seat belt, you wont be able to open the doors until the preasure be equalize inside and outside (water weights about 64pounds per square foot), so you need to wait for the car to fill at door level. Then you will be able to push the dooras open.

If windows are open avoid rushing out or the water preasure will drown you, wait for the car to fill up then go out.

On real life tests, power windows work for several minutes after being underwater.

Answer 5

keep a claw hammer under the front seat!