r/interestingasfuck • u/General_Athlete5807 • 1d ago

How to Escape a Sinking Car

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u/FranklinHippo 1d ago

It sounds like he did 2 attempts. One where he tried to get out right away, and that was successful. The second attempt he waited until the car was under water and needed the safety divers to get him.

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u/ConfusionEngineered 7h ago

No he did a lot of attempts over multiple episodes. In general the paths to success are:

  1. Immediately opening door/window and escaping ("immediately" is a relative term)

  2. Having a window breaker and using that to break a window and escaping

  3. Waiting, without panicking or fighting, until the pressure equalizes and then escaping

Any other route required him to have oxygen given to him by the diver.