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> Always have a glass breaker Isn't this advice becoming dated now that most new cars have side windows with laminated glass? https://www.caranddriver.com/new

• dyauspitr 2y ago
  Still probably easier to kick out a laminated window with cracks in it.
• OutOfHere 2y ago
  Kick out the window with a very forceful boot kick with both legs.
  • viraptor 2y ago
    That advice will work for significantly limited number of population. Like, it's true, but also "hope you have enough mass/strength/flexibility". My little-old-lady neighbour could not do it.
• giantg2 2y ago
  Usually rear windows do not. Even laminated side windows can be defeated more easily if cracked. The lamination is pretty thin compared to many other types of laminated glass.
• tetha 2y ago
  This is something I found worrying, tbh. With tempered glass, firefighters heading for a vehicle accident attach glass breakers on a string to their gloves. That way, they can pull a person out of a car in 20 seconds if the immediate danger is larger than the medical considerations, and the person isn't stuck. With laminated windows, you need a Halligan bar or some other poking tool (sometimes forcefully moving a spike towards a patient) to make a hole, a Sawzall which needs 10 seconds alone to go through common glass, time to get all of that... It's worrying how much faster vehicle safety is moving compared to emergency extraction capabilities.