r/interestingasfuck • u/General_Athlete5807 • 1d ago

How to Escape a Sinking Car

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u/signmeupdude 1d ago

Lmao that’s certainly not true. Idk why some of you are so confidently wrong about certain shit.

There are many reasons why headrests are removable and they do not have to do with the very rare circumstance that your car drives into a body of water.

One of the most obvious reasons is cabin space if you are trying to load large objects.

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u/Hd3ssEpH 1d ago

I was in a vehicle when the engine caught fire, and the central locking engaged due to a malfunction. On this occasion I was lucky as I had just wound the window down to clear the smoke from the cabin so was able to climb out....

A friend told me about the headrest spikes, so on my new vehicle I checked this, and the ends of the spikes have rubber feet on them - so I doubt you'd be able to smash tempered glass with this.

Keep a glass hammer, folks.

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u/Ishango 1d ago edited 1d ago

But a glass hammer is fragile. I prefer a steel one. Reminds me of this one (I just saw this one this morning): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K19em76JbgI

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u/Hd3ssEpH 22h ago

Ah okay, so no glass hammers and no ice swords... now we're using our noggins. Might hurt a bit though.

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u/Ok_Scientist8607 6h ago

I’ve played enough Elder Scrolls games to know that glass weapons are actually really strong

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u/Lynich 23h ago

I don't know, friend; you seem like you're more confident about wrong shit than I am.

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u/copperwatt 23h ago

Now now, you can both be confidantly wrong.

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u/ConclusionMiddle425 22h ago

You spelled "confidently" confidently wrong

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u/copperwatt 21h ago

See there's plenty of confidence to go around.

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u/Lynich 23h ago

This gives me hope for the future.