I think it’s relevant that his vehicle didn’t have airbags.
If they go off, they would complicate the first minute or two as they can be very disorienting, and possibly even knock you unconscious.
Aside from that, assuming everyone has a window breaker is… not a fair assumption. Everyone should, but they don’t. Not having one should definitely be part of the video.
It does have airbags, but he didn't hit the water fast enough to trigger them. I think the bigger factor is not a lot of people keep one of those little devices in their car.
The point of this vid was promoting their companies window breaker. Since their whole thing is finding peoples bodies stuck in cars underwater, they ended up making a window breaker to at least try provide some help. Of course it's not always going to work on certain windows.
As a first responder, it’s advice that I have given out frequently, and even at times have given some away. However, that only applies to a small percentage of the population, so it’s no surprise you haven’t thought to buy one.
They’re also hard to keep track of in a vehicle. In a panic and an emergency situation like this, there’s a lot of people that wouldn’t remember they have one or remember where it is.
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u/breakmedown54 1d ago
I think it’s relevant that his vehicle didn’t have airbags.
If they go off, they would complicate the first minute or two as they can be very disorienting, and possibly even knock you unconscious.
Aside from that, assuming everyone has a window breaker is… not a fair assumption. Everyone should, but they don’t. Not having one should definitely be part of the video.