You've got kids in the car, you're screwed. That's really terrifying. I know most children wouldn't react, and even if they did, they'd have a hell of a job opening doors with all that water.
Okay, that's very good to know (really), but... What if there are children in the back of your car? I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be able to react that fast. :-s
That's why i bought Ford Fiesta! Because when you lock it inside using the central lock anybody can go out inside if they wish, but nobody can open doors outside. Intelligent isnt it??
if you can crack the window even a bit you will have no trouble opening the door. You can actually buy a little spring loaded pick that is designed to break the window.
They failed to mention commercial devices are available that break car windows (and may be stored in the glove compartment.) Alternatively I have seen a demonstration where the head rest was removed and the metal that connects it to the seat used to shatter a window.
What your supposed to do is break the window while you still can so the car can fill with water faster, then the pressure is equal and you can try to open the door or just swim through the window.
@tic07096903 Difficult, not impossible. Aspecially in a life or death situation. Also, anything with an edge or point, like keys, can be used to smash a window easier.
@tic07096903 That's why you're supposed to keep an emergency escape tool in your car for emergencies. It combines a seatbelt cutter and a window breaker.
try to get out as fast as u can like we would wanna wait till we close the engine the radio get all the bags fix ur hair and then gooo obviously were ganna go fast as we can
If you can't open the door while the car's floating try to take out you head rest off the seat and use the metal joints in the head rest to break through the glass then wait until the water enters the car to balance pressure at that time it would be very easy to open the door and exit the car safely.
caution : Try to face away from the window or the tempered glass might blow in your face.
No cars have ONLY electrical door locks. There's always a mechanical backup. Either by a separate lever, or connected to the inside door lever itself.
theres a problem with this. if you drive into "the drink" or anywhere for that matter, yoor not gonna have a huge crane on the car. when they put this on, it sinks slower and takes longer for the pressure to equalize. plus you could swim out the sunrook if you had one. and if the lock was jamed, if you had maunual windows you could just roll them down. but they tried to make it look like you'd drown becuz if you could survive some idiot would try it and then there wouldnt be anymore top gear
I noticed that some water went up his nose as he took his last breaths in the sinking car. He was trying to get that water out of his system. That probably messed him up a little and made it a lot more difficult for him to escape.
sometimes people open their windows to save petrol of the airconditioning so if u go into a lake and u dont have anything to break the window or if u dont react fast enough make sure ur windows open
I keep a screw driver and camping mallet in the glove box of my car, my only problem if this happened would be getting my seat belt off. If I did get my belt off, all I'd have to do is grab the screw driver and use the camping mallet to whack the window out.
@futsalfred2 Not underwater really, the mallet underwater would do nothing as the water pressure on the outside would hold the glass firm. If I hit the mallet into the handle part of the screw driver, it may shatter the glass or crack it.
@RawrName, that may be true, for a mallet. I think an axe or ball-pein hammer would do the job in one step rather than two. You only need to pierce the tiniest of cracks in the glass for the whole thing to split apart and cave in. High force on a small area is key. See these specially made window breakers, they don't look especially powerful:
@fanatic114 that's true, on land you could kick windows in all day. underwater, you move slower because there's water pressing on your body making it harder to move. kicking's out of the question. and pushing is out also for you cannot push harder outwards than the water presses inwards in the window.
There's a tool you can buy for in case you drive into the water. It has a sharp end to deflate the airbag, it has a razor to cut the seat belt and a metal end to smash the window. Quite a useful tool if you live near water.
@fanatic114 plus the water (for some reason) softens the blow to the glass. The thing you want to get is one of those hammer/seat belt cutters that mount with a bracket to the floor board of the car. That way you can cut the seat belt and bust out the window with the hammer part.
what u need to do if something like this really happens is to kick through the windshield or your side windows and swim out quickly, dont wait for the pressure to equilize
@hameed i think it would float, if the air cant escape, (air is much less dence than water) it will help the car float. Thats how thoes ships the size of a block of flats manage to float :D
I saw the mythbusters version of this test too and for some reason, I thought this was much scarier. I guess because there wasn't as much saftey stuff
Actually, because of the pressure of the water against the window, Its really tough too.. That's why I always prefer cars with manual windows.. You can roll them down in a situation like this, no matter what the pressure is. :)
That's why car safety tools tend to have a metal point on them for bashing the window through. If you can crack the glass, the unequal pressure will help in breaking it.
Depends... if your goal is to see which way you'll die quicker, by drowning or by bleeding to death, then I suppose shattering a plate of glass and having that glass rush towards you at high speed would be a good tactic.
providing you keep your throat out of the way of the flying glass, i think the glass scratching your face and head a bit will be the least of your troubles
@stephen98841272 you undo your seetbelt, and swim out through where the roof would be lol ... i would hate to be in a car with my parents in the front and me and a mate in the back... of a coupe,,, cos i would have to wait for my parents to get fully out of the car, then use the two front and only doors to physically get out of the car . ..lol
I never realized it was that hard to open the door, I always thought it was hard for people because of possible damage to the opening, not the pressure.
this is horrible because my brother nearly died when a car he was in spun off the road flipped and when into the canal one girl died and another person is in a coma my brother escaped unharmed luckly
I dont really get what hes trying to say. If the car if filled with water shouldnt the outside and inside equal the same thing once it fills no matter if its sinking or not. Because if the car is filled up wouldnt the pressure be the same inside and out even if its sinking and not yet leveled? Correct me if im wrong because thats the way I see it.
The water on the outside has more other water pressing on it. It's like water at sea level vs in one of the absurdly deep parts of the ocean. It's roughly the same amount of water, but the water on the outside is still pushing harder against the doors than the water on the inside is.
Water pressure increases at about 1 atmosphere per 10 feet of depth. One AT is 15 PSI, so at ten feet deep, every square inch of the the door is being pushed on by 15lbs of force. If a car door was 900ci, a net force of 675lbs would be on it at 10ft. Water leaks in slowly, and the car drops. Even once the car is filled with water, by the time enough flows in to increase the pressure by 1AT, the car has dropped another 10. There is a lag in the pressure change.
So until the car stops, the P outside will always be more than inside, since it takes longer for the pressure inside to rise 1AT than it takes the car to sink 10ft. Make any sense? What I never understood, is why they can put AC, power seats, stereo, airbags, etc. into cars, but they can't make the window motors water resistant, or fit the car with automatic airbags to keep it afloat. Airbags in the roof, so it will right itself, and stay afloat, and a sunroof/escape hatch. Oh, yeah; too much $.
well then that pretty much screws anyone else in the car, cause your gonna fill it up so fast its gonna pretty much lock the doors of whoever else is inside.
When I was in the marines they would take a helicipter, flip it, and drop us in the water, that was fun trying to unbuckle and get out the side door upside down and underwater
1. If you've been doing deep breathing exercises and you can last that long, go for it and 2. depends on the car, condition, type of insulation, etc. Usually if you drive into a lake you won't be controlling your breathing or have recently serviced your window motors.
that's what he tried to do at 3:12, but they didn't do anything, if water runs into the door, and you have electric windows they will short circuit and fail. And if not that, the water will reach your car's battery, short those out which will put the car without electricity so the electric windows will fail as well.
I guess the window thing will only work if you have manually opened windows.
Cool tests. Wish they had added more tests. Like trying to open the car door after it hits the bottem an sinks into three feet of mud. Like would be at the bottem of a lake.
if the windows were down he would not need to wait for the pressure to equalize to get the door open cause someone with half a brain would just climb out the window
Someone with half a brain would also realise that one could not climb out of the window againts the flow of water into the car untill the pressure was equal.
yes, this one just has 2 pointy ends intead of round ends, and it attaches to your dash so its not flopping around in your car, you probably dont want a hammer flying around ur car in the case of an accident.( i no i wouldnt) and it has a seatbelt cutter on it too, but a hammer would work too
but if this was the case, how come he managed to open it ones he came to the bottom of the tank? ... it's not like someone came and unlocked it for him ? .....
Hammond probably realised a simply pulled up on the door lock catch. But we'll probably never know for sure. Very scary situation to be in - in real life situation, you'd probably be in a river where there is a current and the water is murky. If the sunroof was manual - I'd be climbing outta it !!
The pressure around an object rises as it sinks. That is, the pressure won't stop rising until the object stops and so can't be equalised until the car gets to the bottom.
You're correct....but NOT on the early Vauxhalls like the Carlton. You manually have to pull up on the door latch. Lucky no-body 'deadlocked' the doors !!! He'd have to kick the screen out then !!
Does he drive without a seat belt?? I'm sure the seat belt delays your escape!!! The best thing you have to have is that little hammer that breaks glass in the car.
it would be good if they put a somthing else for the car safty for water ...... maybe fit water proof bombs in to the glass windows so when the car drowns the bomb will set off and the windows will break and you get out ........ its just an idea
i dunno maybe granaeds or somthing else to break the windows ... you know the car glass is not the house ones when the car window break it wont smash to pisses it will be cracked and turns into somthing like a playdo
so the whole wait till the car is equal with pressure or whatever is fake?!?1
datkillah420 2 weeks ago
@datkillah420 no, it works, but the wait would kill you most likely, for running out of air.
Keychu 1 day ago
You've got kids in the car, you're screwed. That's really terrifying. I know most children wouldn't react, and even if they did, they'd have a hell of a job opening doors with all that water.
gheefreak 2 weeks ago
Okay, that's very good to know (really), but... What if there are children in the back of your car? I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be able to react that fast. :-s
Hippiebloempje 2 months ago
That's why i bought Ford Fiesta! Because when you lock it inside using the central lock anybody can go out inside if they wish, but nobody can open doors outside. Intelligent isnt it??
agentzero81 2 months ago
can't he just get out from the sun/moon roof?
Eragonete 2 months ago
ugggh now i need to get an oxygen tank in the back of my car, drowning/suffocating is my biggest fear!
xxxbelivexxx 2 months ago
Mythbusters did it, you're just lame.
Redrobottyler 5 months ago
@Redrobottyler Top gear did it first (Nov 2003) vs. Mythbusters (Jan 2007). you're just uninformed ;)
eric44355 2 months ago
if you can crack the window even a bit you will have no trouble opening the door. You can actually buy a little spring loaded pick that is designed to break the window.
pyroboy08 6 months ago
id break the glass-always works...
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ipadbestdev 7 months ago
They failed to mention commercial devices are available that break car windows (and may be stored in the glove compartment.) Alternatively I have seen a demonstration where the head rest was removed and the metal that connects it to the seat used to shatter a window.
ronpiggott 7 months ago 2
What about if you got one of those super cars with those electric doors that slide up ? Now your fucked !
wowiliketolongoboard 9 months ago 2
why no wind the window down ..well in a old car like that anyway
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ElroyWebber 9 months ago
i did it withmy crown victoria 2004 but i get out and my crownvictoria still working i spend 1000 on it
MegaMohammedadel 10 months ago
What your supposed to do is break the window while you still can so the car can fill with water faster, then the pressure is equal and you can try to open the door or just swim through the window.
SmokeWeedEveryHour 10 months ago
@SmokeWeedEveryHour Trouble is, car windows are difficult to break with your bare hands.
tic07096903 9 months ago
@tic07096903 Difficult, not impossible. Aspecially in a life or death situation. Also, anything with an edge or point, like keys, can be used to smash a window easier.
SmokeWeedEveryHour 9 months ago
@tic07096903 That's why you're supposed to keep an emergency escape tool in your car for emergencies. It combines a seatbelt cutter and a window breaker.
rfcbeach 9 months ago
that was a really junky car who would buy that!?!?!?
frogerloo202 11 months ago
@frogerloo202 probably someone who got no money to buy a pagani zonda.
y6562 10 months ago
@y6562 yeah
frogerloo202 9 months ago
I have been in a crash into a river i know how Hammond felt its really scary especially if you cant open the door.
Your a ledgend Hammond. xx
kezza199 11 months ago
and thats why i ride a motorcycle
yamaha69x 1 year ago 36
@yamaha69x i hate motor bikes
CRACKDOWN160 6 months ago
@yamaha69x
You know what they call bikers who ride on a wet day? Organ donors :D
omegavalerius 3 months ago 3
try to get out as fast as u can like we would wanna wait till we close the engine the radio get all the bags fix ur hair and then gooo obviously were ganna go fast as we can
turkishsoldierbaran 1 year ago
Ok ok, I admit, I held my breath as he went underneath the water.
KinetiK138 1 year ago 20
@KinetiK138 I think we all did. I know I did.
voidbutterflyx6 1 year ago
If you can't open the door while the car's floating try to take out you head rest off the seat and use the metal joints in the head rest to break through the glass then wait until the water enters the car to balance pressure at that time it would be very easy to open the door and exit the car safely.
caution : Try to face away from the window or the tempered glass might blow in your face.
OVERLAPE 1 year ago
@OVERLAPE obviously your supposed to get out as fast as you can, so just climb through the window.
RaiShizaki 1 year ago
@RaiShizaki True that would be much better than opening the door sorry about that and thank you for sharing this.
Have a great weekend cheers.
OVERLAPE 11 months ago
@OVERLAPE Good ol' Bear Grylls eh? Worst Case Scenario?
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OVERLAPE 11 months ago
What happens if you got electal locks? Doesn the water cause powercuts making the car locks down?
TheAdemptio 1 year ago
@TheAdemptio
No cars have ONLY electrical door locks. There's always a mechanical backup. Either by a separate lever, or connected to the inside door lever itself.
danielalien 7 months ago
wont u get electrocuted if u opened the windows?
shobin05 1 year ago
you might also have a better chance if you have RWD
theotherguy245689 1 year ago
theres a problem with this. if you drive into "the drink" or anywhere for that matter, yoor not gonna have a huge crane on the car. when they put this on, it sinks slower and takes longer for the pressure to equalize. plus you could swim out the sunrook if you had one. and if the lock was jamed, if you had maunual windows you could just roll them down. but they tried to make it look like you'd drown becuz if you could survive some idiot would try it and then there wouldnt be anymore top gear
theotherguy245689 1 year ago
what would you do if you are underwater and have to sneeze ?
phoenixlover364 1 year ago
mith busters did it at the same rate..
SergeyVA 1 year ago
WIND YOUR WINDOW DOWN!
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perplexfraction 1 year ago
SMASH THE FUCKING WINDOW
MrBender900 1 year ago
@MrBender900
its harder than you think
izabelini 1 year ago
@MrBender900 can not do it because pressure is 1500 lb/in when car is submerged to only 10 or so feet//// its like pounding into the brick wall
SergeyVA 1 year ago
that happened to me once and i died =(
Icydevil9 1 year ago
all was fine until the child-lock fucks you up
squidos123 1 year ago 5
richard always risks his life for this show...
he's one crazy little fellow
farQuhar85 1 year ago 3
So doors that go from _ to | in an upward motion are safest for crashing into water...
STEPHENDANERD 1 year ago
jhajhJA,... and what if u r in an armored vehicle im pretty sure u r fucked up...
elroriveraify 1 year ago
Carry a gun, shoot the passenger door window out before you hit the water. xD
xXMC023Xx 1 year ago
did he die?
iLoicQc 1 year ago
Fie, fore, free, too, won, English!
highlightenment 1 year ago
I noticed that some water went up his nose as he took his last breaths in the sinking car. He was trying to get that water out of his system. That probably messed him up a little and made it a lot more difficult for him to escape.
futsalfred2 1 year ago
sometimes people open their windows to save petrol of the airconditioning so if u go into a lake and u dont have anything to break the window or if u dont react fast enough make sure ur windows open
baptistedeschrevel 1 year ago
I keep a screw driver and camping mallet in the glove box of my car, my only problem if this happened would be getting my seat belt off. If I did get my belt off, all I'd have to do is grab the screw driver and use the camping mallet to whack the window out.
RawrName 1 year ago
@RawrName it'd be more portable and convenient to hit it directly with the mallet. Or I guess a ball-pein hammer or axe!
futsalfred2 1 year ago
@futsalfred2 Not underwater really, the mallet underwater would do nothing as the water pressure on the outside would hold the glass firm. If I hit the mallet into the handle part of the screw driver, it may shatter the glass or crack it.
RawrName 1 year ago
@RawrName, that may be true, for a mallet. I think an axe or ball-pein hammer would do the job in one step rather than two. You only need to pierce the tiniest of cracks in the glass for the whole thing to split apart and cave in. High force on a small area is key. See these specially made window breakers, they don't look especially powerful:
(look up window breakers on google image search)
futsalfred2 1 year ago
@fanatic114 that's true, on land you could kick windows in all day. underwater, you move slower because there's water pressing on your body making it harder to move. kicking's out of the question. and pushing is out also for you cannot push harder outwards than the water presses inwards in the window.
1000FeatheredOwl 1 year ago
Why Not Just Row Down The Window And Turn Away If Glass Breaks I Can´t Be That Bad
powerdbyfrijolesdm 1 year ago
There's a tool you can buy for in case you drive into the water. It has a sharp end to deflate the airbag, it has a razor to cut the seat belt and a metal end to smash the window. Quite a useful tool if you live near water.
h2oloobmx 1 year ago
@fanatic114 plus the water (for some reason) softens the blow to the glass. The thing you want to get is one of those hammer/seat belt cutters that mount with a bracket to the floor board of the car. That way you can cut the seat belt and bust out the window with the hammer part.
hnksnw 1 year ago
What if you kick the window?
SSFproductions1 1 year ago
what u need to do if something like this really happens is to kick through the windshield or your side windows and swim out quickly, dont wait for the pressure to equilize
Shockazy 1 year ago
how about a delorean? as you sink the water will HELP the doors open!
thenutsmum 1 year ago
This is why is better to have non-electric windows
prepametan 1 year ago
iif your in a waterproof car, say like a REALLY sealed up tank, won't it float?
jlauthorities 1 year ago
@jlauthorities how would it float? its significantly more dense than water
hameed 1 year ago
@hameed he might be thinking if you make it water tight the air inside might be enough to float the car
colanarky12 1 year ago
@hameed i think it would float, if the air cant escape, (air is much less dence than water) it will help the car float. Thats how thoes ships the size of a block of flats manage to float :D
Doodlebugyro 1 year ago
So it's o.k to drive into a lake with my G37 convertible?
EliteSlayer542 1 year ago
@EliteSlayer542
LOL
R26nitro250 1 year ago
i think the step 1 is u have to open ur window be 4 the car sniked in the water!
simonpvp 1 year ago
This is why I don't drive into the water!
lostagainrob 1 year ago 3
I saw the mythbusters version of this test too and for some reason, I thought this was much scarier. I guess because there wasn't as much saftey stuff
tankmaster1018 1 year ago
thats why i have a buggy
predator5723 2 years ago 2
i thought u were supposed to break a window. its faster that way
thweepz 2 years ago
Actually, because of the pressure of the water against the window, Its really tough too.. That's why I always prefer cars with manual windows.. You can roll them down in a situation like this, no matter what the pressure is. :)
sh0 2 years ago 4
That's why car safety tools tend to have a metal point on them for bashing the window through. If you can crack the glass, the unequal pressure will help in breaking it.
OOZ662 2 years ago
@thweepz don't brake any window cuz glass part will hurt you
and if you are in a fast running water ... unlike this tank (or a lake) you can kiss good bye
TarikuKunn 2 years ago
Depends... if your goal is to see which way you'll die quicker, by drowning or by bleeding to death, then I suppose shattering a plate of glass and having that glass rush towards you at high speed would be a good tactic.
histrion2 2 years ago
providing you keep your throat out of the way of the flying glass, i think the glass scratching your face and head a bit will be the least of your troubles
riz44 1 year ago
@histrion2 most cars now have safety glass so it will not break into sharp shards, it will break into round like peices.
ninjamonkey4 1 year ago
how about if u are driving a convertible?
stephen98841272 2 years ago 85
try the top
22bjonah 2 years ago
lol
nhh78692 2 years ago
wait til u sink to the bottom then drown
imilkdude 2 years ago 77
@imilkdude
hahhahahahahhah ah
gawran 1 year ago
What if you're driving a horse?
D0g63rt 2 years ago 5
Keep sitting on it and let it swim to the shore
drukenhard 2 years ago
funny
ghdanny 2 years ago
@stephen98841272 hop out the top
shmikens 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 it would of been easier
PAPERGUNLOVER 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 if you drove in without a seatbelt, no worries about sinking, you'll just float up and out.
1000FeatheredOwl 1 year ago
rip the top then get out and if its down just get out haha
Mr1cdopps 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 you can jump out quicker :)
Pilsnerduetten 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 Depends on the color your hair...
highlightenment 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 then sink to the bottom and wait for the paramedics to arive
OneMightyThor 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 well then you can just swim out :D
DaMirrorLink 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 than its much easier :D
jgvbadv 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 what if an airplane crashes and your not in it?
erevovxl 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 you DIE. (:
stencils118 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 then chuck norris comes to you and holds you down
sigge951 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 you undo your seetbelt, and swim out through where the roof would be lol ... i would hate to be in a car with my parents in the front and me and a mate in the back... of a coupe,,, cos i would have to wait for my parents to get fully out of the car, then use the two front and only doors to physically get out of the car . ..lol
williampilliam 1 year ago
@stephen98841272
then you dont have to worry about trying to open the door :P
xomanowar42 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 what if the roof is up?
Streetlightning7 1 year ago
@stephen98841272 then... ur a lucky bastard XDD
Blaccat8 8 months ago
I never realized it was that hard to open the door, I always thought it was hard for people because of possible damage to the opening, not the pressure.
alterbr33d 2 years ago
@alterbr33d, man I thought the same thing. I'm happy I watched this video, now I'll be knowing.
wolftch 2 years ago
nein du musst sofort die fensteraufmachen und dann die tür so schnell du kannst.
kluone 2 years ago
also wie jetzt? man soll warten, bis der druck sich reguliert hat und aussteigen, wenn man unterwasser ist erst?
DASLEBENiSTKURZ 2 years ago
holy shit dude, i think i was almost nervous as him just watching this, really intensw
drumzstix666 2 years ago 2
ahhaha i caught myself taking breaths with him when he was taking his last breaths...tha would be sooo nerve wrecking
anime2192 2 years ago 6
i 2 did d same mate....lol
jem007in 2 years ago
this is horrible because my brother nearly died when a car he was in spun off the road flipped and when into the canal one girl died and another person is in a coma my brother escaped unharmed luckly
R.I.P
JOKERlllNICK 2 years ago
What about rolling down the windows ?!
Slurfs 2 years ago 3
power windows dont ALWAYS work when theres water, but i guess you could try, or just use manual windows, which would be best
but i think escape via sunroof is best, because you dont speed up the water getting into the car
cameron20020 2 years ago
Maybe also he didnt push the door hard enough maybe do to panic.
AstroXtreme 2 years ago
would you panic in that situation =3
ccaian1 2 years ago 4
I dont really get what hes trying to say. If the car if filled with water shouldnt the outside and inside equal the same thing once it fills no matter if its sinking or not. Because if the car is filled up wouldnt the pressure be the same inside and out even if its sinking and not yet leveled? Correct me if im wrong because thats the way I see it.
AstroXtreme 2 years ago
The water on the outside has more other water pressing on it. It's like water at sea level vs in one of the absurdly deep parts of the ocean. It's roughly the same amount of water, but the water on the outside is still pushing harder against the doors than the water on the inside is.
Darwinpasta 2 years ago
Thx anyways the best way is just to get out right away.
AstroXtreme 2 years ago
1m deep compared to 3m deep is completely different
RXHardstyle 2 years ago
Water pressure increases at about 1 atmosphere per 10 feet of depth. One AT is 15 PSI, so at ten feet deep, every square inch of the the door is being pushed on by 15lbs of force. If a car door was 900ci, a net force of 675lbs would be on it at 10ft. Water leaks in slowly, and the car drops. Even once the car is filled with water, by the time enough flows in to increase the pressure by 1AT, the car has dropped another 10. There is a lag in the pressure change.
justforever96 2 years ago 2
So until the car stops, the P outside will always be more than inside, since it takes longer for the pressure inside to rise 1AT than it takes the car to sink 10ft. Make any sense? What I never understood, is why they can put AC, power seats, stereo, airbags, etc. into cars, but they can't make the window motors water resistant, or fit the car with automatic airbags to keep it afloat. Airbags in the roof, so it will right itself, and stay afloat, and a sunroof/escape hatch. Oh, yeah; too much $.
justforever96 2 years ago
@justforever96, you're absolutely right about the airbags which would make the car able to float.
wolftch 2 years ago
airbags have holes
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YouSoldMe 2 years ago
sQuba car aqua lung included?
blackle4ps3 2 years ago
well then that pretty much screws anyone else in the car, cause your gonna fill it up so fast its gonna pretty much lock the doors of whoever else is inside.
When I was in the marines they would take a helicipter, flip it, and drop us in the water, that was fun trying to unbuckle and get out the side door upside down and underwater
LordoftheJamesClan 2 years ago
yoru supposed to kick the window out
colenbrak 2 years ago
no...
Kraig00 2 years ago
yes...
colenbrak 2 years ago
I saw this EXACT same thing on mythbusters.
1. It wouldn't take that long for the pressure to equalize
2. The electric windows do not short out.
littlenarutokid 2 years ago
1. If you've been doing deep breathing exercises and you can last that long, go for it and 2. depends on the car, condition, type of insulation, etc. Usually if you drive into a lake you won't be controlling your breathing or have recently serviced your window motors.
Darwinpasta 2 years ago
open the windows before u sink...then get out...u got about 30 sec's and it's enough to get out...
Sinishaaa 2 years ago 3
i think they fucked the experiment cuz the guy sitting in the back pumping air out as he takes every breath through the tank
ciscokid8893 2 years ago
isnt better to open Both windows? and flee thugh them?
Shagron1349 2 years ago 2
you would think so. but power windows probably wouldnt work with the water. idk
ciscokid8893 2 years ago
that's what he tried to do at 3:12, but they didn't do anything, if water runs into the door, and you have electric windows they will short circuit and fail. And if not that, the water will reach your car's battery, short those out which will put the car without electricity so the electric windows will fail as well.
I guess the window thing will only work if you have manually opened windows.
Usethebanana 2 years ago 2
Cool tests. Wish they had added more tests. Like trying to open the car door after it hits the bottem an sinks into three feet of mud. Like would be at the bottem of a lake.
incedius420 2 years ago
seems unnecesary. you're still screwed when you hit the bottom
eddhedd 2 years ago
Will the pressure equalize quickly if both windows were down? He probably had a hard time at first because the windows were up. That's my theory.
megadud20 2 years ago
if the windows were down he would not need to wait for the pressure to equalize to get the door open cause someone with half a brain would just climb out the window
MrJonnye 2 years ago 3
That didn't answer my question in the slightest...
megadud20 2 years ago
Someone with half a brain would also realise that one could not climb out of the window againts the flow of water into the car untill the pressure was equal.
incedius420 2 years ago
cool spot! i like this experiment
2tallbrandon 2 years ago
thats why i have a window smasher/ seatbelt cutter tool in my car..... but thats fuckin scary
lilshortys309 2 years ago 3
I hope you didn't put it in your locked glovebox.
ruiferreira89 2 years ago
no i didnt, because then it would b useless in an emergency. its comes with a holder that screws to the bottom of your dash
lilshortys309 2 years ago
would a standard hammer for building work be fine to escape? even tho i dont drive i am intreuged lol
PineappleBobTheGreat 2 years ago
yes, this one just has 2 pointy ends intead of round ends, and it attaches to your dash so its not flopping around in your car, you probably dont want a hammer flying around ur car in the case of an accident.( i no i wouldnt) and it has a seatbelt cutter on it too, but a hammer would work too
lilshortys309 2 years ago
cheers
PineappleBobTheGreat 2 years ago
If you broke the window before your car was filled with water then yes, you could smash the window and get out.
If however your car was filled with water then you would be able to get the strength in your arm swing to break the window.
666Excorsist 2 years ago
still wouldn't work,and why would you have a hammer in a car
in the first place?
infoseeker228 2 years ago
I reckon when the central locking shorted out, the actuators left the door in the locked position & Hammond didn't realise.
stephenevans99 2 years ago 2
but if this was the case, how come he managed to open it ones he came to the bottom of the tank? ... it's not like someone came and unlocked it for him ? .....
lagarlagarlagar 2 years ago
Hammond probably realised a simply pulled up on the door lock catch. But we'll probably never know for sure. Very scary situation to be in - in real life situation, you'd probably be in a river where there is a current and the water is murky. If the sunroof was manual - I'd be climbing outta it !!
stephenevans99 2 years ago
The pressure around an object rises as it sinks. That is, the pressure won't stop rising until the object stops and so can't be equalised until the car gets to the bottom.
ruiferreira89 2 years ago 6
Still, most cars unlock when you pull the handle inside.
ruiferreira89 2 years ago
You're correct....but NOT on the early Vauxhalls like the Carlton. You manually have to pull up on the door latch. Lucky no-body 'deadlocked' the doors !!! He'd have to kick the screen out then !!
MangledMotorsUK 2 years ago 2
I can't think how they didn't foresee the difficulty of opening the door in emergencies. Today they'd probably be in for some serious lawsuits.
ruiferreira89 2 years ago
Does he drive without a seat belt?? I'm sure the seat belt delays your escape!!! The best thing you have to have is that little hammer that breaks glass in the car.
gonki 2 years ago
looks like the titanic
THOMASOAKMAN 2 years ago 2
First advice: Don't drive in to the lake.
MultiParasite 2 years ago 8
Yeah like peoples who drown drive their car in a lake on purpose...
Polyron 2 years ago
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Mexx098 2 years ago
what kinda fucking argument is that? how old are you 5?
timoabrahams 2 years ago
What if I'm a fish that accidentally drives on land?
SparkamusPryme 2 years ago
LOL
mattmax11 2 years ago
you need to equalize the air and get out
well that's stupid
dogmangg45 2 years ago
hmm.. its like the mythbusters
shiengie 2 years ago 2
it would be good if they put a somthing else for the car safty for water ...... maybe fit water proof bombs in to the glass windows so when the car drowns the bomb will set off and the windows will break and you get out ........ its just an idea
sodia1 2 years ago
and you don't think you would harm the person inside by blowing the window off?
tipo2106 2 years ago
i dunno maybe granaeds or somthing else to break the windows ... you know the car glass is not the house ones when the car window break it wont smash to pisses it will be cracked and turns into somthing like a playdo
sodia1 2 years ago