Guess I should say anyone remember wind wings How to Escape Your Car If the Electronic Door Handle Fails - Consumer Reports
Yeah, I guess more than a few folks have been trapped and, though I did not know new glass material is tougher to break.
I've been carrying a glass breaker in my pocket for years. Not that I'd be able to crawl out the window in an accident.
About 10 years ago I was among the first on the scene of a serious traffic collision. I'd just walked out of a restaurant and heard it up on the closest road. I ran up the embankment and saw a small sedan wrecked against a traffic signal pole, and another car disabled nearby. The sedan had a whole family in it, and only the little kid in the safety seat in back was conscious. The doors were deformed, and a few of us were able to get some fingers in there to pull on it. with maybe 3 of us heaving we got it to pop open and started helping the occupants just as the pros showed up. And that was just a regular car, no fancy electric doors. I think I'd prefer to wait for some standards to develop for emergency egress controls and markings. Also worth noting that many cars have acoustic glass in the side windows, which makes hammers useless. It's something worth knowing about ahead of time.
Yep. The Article referenced above called the new glass laminated. About the only thing you can do is try to kick out windshield
So far they all have tempered windows in the back, the hammer works fine there. Assuming you can get back there to do it, anyway...
... I remember, my parents smoked Kent cigarettes, and they'd tap their ash out those great big wind-wings, of our '60 Ford Galaxy Special: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmomentcar.com%2Fimages%2Fford-galaxie-special-1960-3.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=5c4c3ad255f2e736152a6cc9387c659a5e71e5e7e1f621130889a19c61fd4b9a In the days before Armoral, cars just three years old would whistle down the road, from all the rubber weatherstripping, getting hard. I remember shims they used to sell, to stick into the jambs, to quiet the ride - https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Ff4%2Fea%2Fa7%2Ff4eaa7078802c7878bf2c7587b67ac77--ford-lincoln-ford-galaxie.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=678f95170d5fd1cce0049f7c10dc794d1b815793b29d80c110d51d9c71c0ca8d Samuel, '04 Ruthiemobile //////////
Ah....nostalgia. History plus three drinks. Or in more polite company........a longing for a nonexistent past. Remember them? yes. Remember them fondly? Nope. I prefer quiet, air conditioned cars although like seemingly every other male over 50, I sometimes wonder if I wouldn't like to own a Jeep or another convertible. That's why my finances are managed by my CFO - otherwise I would be living in a cardboard box down by the river......
