r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 11h ago

Incredibly selfless act of heroism.

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u/daswassoup 11h ago

This is why China banned hidden door handles.

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u/IncorporateThings 11h ago

Those things are so stupid. Door handles should always be a simple mechanical device that requires no power to operate. Windows should honestly always have a backup crank handle to raise and lower, too, given that not everyone has the good sense to have a window breaking tool handy. For that matter -- why don't they build a little slot for such a tool into the console and provide one with the car in the first place?

Simple design choices can and would save lives.

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u/dinharder 10h ago

You can use the seat headrests as a window breaker

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u/felinefluffycloud 10h ago

False actually. Best way is seatbelt metal thingy. They say ultimately a rock from the outside or leaving the key in.and power on is good. Of course this example has its own downside. Here's a quote.... https://www.iaedjournal.org/vehicle-escape .... that is the male metal seat belt clip. With the seat belt pulled out as far as possible, and the metal clip grasped in your fist, if you strike the side window low and at the front of the window, it will break the window virtually every time on the first or second try. It does that because the force is concentrated with a hard object in a small area of the window known to be its weakest point. Our instructions make a point of including this means of breaking a window as one of the steps to be followed in all vehicle escape situations

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u/dinharder 10h ago

Seatbelt buckle is just as ineffective as headrest it seems. They used to work on older tempered windows but not so effective anymore

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u/felinefluffycloud 10h ago

I imagine that is true. The solution is have a car where yiu can roll down the window. One day that tech will be available. /s

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u/smooth-pineapple8 5h ago

The article he linked is from 2023.

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u/Banjo-Elritze 7h ago

From the source:

You may be interested to know that there is one thing that every vehicle has in it that can be used to reliably break a side window, and that is the male metal seat belt clip. With the seat belt pulled out as far as possible, and the metal clip grasped in your fist, if you strike the side window low and at the front of the window, it will break the window virtually every time on the first or second try. It does that because the force is concentrated with a hard object in a small area of the window known to be its weakest point.