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Having watched a fireman take three good swings with the pick side of a fire axe to break a tempered glass passenger window, I am thoroughly unconvinced that th
by mauvehaus 6y ago
Having watched a fireman take three good swings with the pick side of a fire axe to break a tempered glass passenger window, I am thoroughly unconvinced that those hammers will do shit in an emergency.
- meowster 6y agoThat firefighter needed training. Trying to bash the window is not going to work. Wedging the axe between the window and door frame and using the axe as a lever with just a little force, the window would have easily shattered.
- Symbiote 6y agoAt least the hammers I see (on European trains and buses) have a sharp, conical tip. There are usually instructions to hit the window close to the corner. See the picture on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_hammer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_hammer (The wording in the Wikipedia article is not clear. Do American trains really not have these?)
- rasz 6y agolack of training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZTa8Nh0VlE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZTa8Nh0VlE