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Whatever you do - if you don't already have one, buy a combined window breaker/seatbelt cutter for all of your cars and Velcro it to the side of your chair/bott

by s5300 5y ago

Whatever you do - if you don't already have one, buy a combined window breaker/seatbelt cutter for all of your cars and Velcro it to the side of your chair/bottom of side of center console/wherever you think would be best to have it. Seriously.

senectus1 5y ago
these really should be mandated as standard on all cars ever manufactured.
- s5300 5y ago
  Most people don't know that the headrest (head restraint) can also be used to break a window in several ways. I'd known about this for a while, typically there's just a simple mechanical button you have to depress to remove the headrest to be able to use it in this fashion. Then, for ergonomic reasons, I went to change the headrest orientation one day (I know this is stupid) - and, it turned out, in addition to a mechanical push button to remove, I also had to shove a tiny ass pin punch deep into a hole in a really weird place to fully remove the headrest. This was in a Lincoln, and I'd never seen something as stupid as it in any other car. So much for the idea in the back of my head Id've been able to rely on it if I'd ever needed to break a window. Even more of a reason to just buy the purpose made breaker/cutter, never know what unconventional BS some brands/models may be doing. edit: sorry, speaking in general - Tesla's dont/sports cars tend to not have detachable headrests. Or maybe most newer cars don't in general, haven't looked into it much.
  - cyberge99 5y ago
    Additionally some of those headrest button aren’t easy to click and pull.
    - senectus1 5y ago
      I once had a car that you couldn't take the head rest off without laying the back right down first...
  - tdiggity 5y ago
    Teslas don’t have detachable/adjustable height headrests :( I also encountered the pin-required-for-removal in an old Rav4.
alasdair_ 5y ago
Good advice. I have a model S and a model X. The seatbelts in the X are especially bad - I’ve had a service call where the belt was stuck closed and there was nothing I could do to open it and twice I’ve had small children become trapped for several minutes in their car seat because there was no way to release tension on the belt and get them out. I was within seconds of cutting them out with my pocket knife the second time it happened. I’m going to buy a cutter right now.

by s5300 5y ago

senectus1 5y ago

these really should be mandated as standard on all cars ever manufactured.

s5300 5y ago
Most people don't know that the headrest (head restraint) can also be used to break a window in several ways. I'd known about this for a while, typically there's just a simple mechanical button you have to depress to remove the headrest to be able to use it in this fashion. Then, for ergonomic reasons, I went to change the headrest orientation one day (I know this is stupid) - and, it turned out, in addition to a mechanical push button to remove, I also had to shove a tiny ass pin punch deep into a hole in a really weird place to fully remove the headrest. This was in a Lincoln, and I'd never seen something as stupid as it in any other car. So much for the idea in the back of my head Id've been able to rely on it if I'd ever needed to break a window. Even more of a reason to just buy the purpose made breaker/cutter, never know what unconventional BS some brands/models may be doing. edit: sorry, speaking in general - Tesla's dont/sports cars tend to not have detachable headrests. Or maybe most newer cars don't in general, haven't looked into it much.
- cyberge99 5y ago
  Additionally some of those headrest button aren’t easy to click and pull.
  - senectus1 5y ago
    I once had a car that you couldn't take the head rest off without laying the back right down first...
- tdiggity 5y ago
  Teslas don’t have detachable/adjustable height headrests :( I also encountered the pin-required-for-removal in an old Rav4.

alasdair_ 5y ago

Good advice. I have a model S and a model X. The seatbelts in the X are especially bad - I’ve had a service call where the belt was stuck closed and there was nothing I could do to open it and twice I’ve had small children become trapped for several minutes in their car seat because there was no way to release tension on the belt and get them out. I was within seconds of cutting them out with my pocket knife the second time it happened. I’m going to buy a cutter right now.