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I have found that touch screens work pretty well when covered in blood. Using my phone is the last thing I would be doing in a sinking vehicle and preferably o

• jstarfish 9y ago
  > I have found that touch screens work pretty well when covered in blood. I haven't. The screen registered keypresses all over the place. It doesn't work reliably with wet hands either, or even in a steamy bathroom. > Using my phone is the last thing I would be doing in a sinking vehicle and preferably outside of the vehicle. Every situation is different. Revisit your strategy once the car has already slipped under the ice and started to drift. The cabin is filling with freezing water but you still have some oxygen left. You won't be able to make any calls once you break the window and go underwater, so you better hope you can find/reach the spot where you broke through the ice...in the dark. I personally knew someone who drowned under these circumstances. (And the saddest part is, even though she accurately reported her location, responders showed up instead where E911 said she was...an entire county away.) At the very least, you should be able to just call 911 and engage no further. It should be broadcasting your exact GPS coordinates. To the dispatcher, the pinpoint on the map in the middle of a body of water should speak for itself.