XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/25/2021 09:41 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:   
   > In article , Paul@Houston.Texas says...   
   >>   
   >> Seems to me it would be easier to undo the seat belt buckle, put the   
   >> window down, and open the door.  Knowing how to swim would be helpful.   
   >   
   > With most cars now having electrical windows and door locks that   
   > activate about 5 or 10 mph you stand a good chance of electrical failure   
   > when the car is under water.   
      
   Not according to Mythbusters, at least for a while.  A window-breaking   
   device would definitely be useful, though.  Just In Case.  And DO NOT   
   KEEP IT IN YOUR TRUNK TOOLBOX!   
      
   I watched the video to figure out how this could have happened.  No   
   information other than total stupidity.  You get stuck in an underpass.   
     You see the water rising.  You open the window or door and climb out   
   onto the hood or roof or swim out of the underpass.  IT'S A FUCKING   
   POND, not a raging river.   
      
   You DON'T just sit in your car and wait to drown.   
      
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       dread each day as it comes."                 -- Donald Kaul   
      
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