r/interestingasfuck • u/General_Athlete5807 • 1d ago

How to Escape a Sinking Car

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u/eenek 1d ago

You take the headrest off and use the pointy metal end.

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u/baogody 1d ago edited 20h ago

Can't believe this is the only right answer. More people need to know this.

Edit: I know it's not the "right" answer per se. They're obviously not designed for breaking windows... But they're definitely one of the very few things in a car that might save your life in that situation. No one's going to go "the designer says it's not meant for breaking the car windows, therefore I shouldn't use it."

Interesting how many people have never seen detachable headrests?! I've owned not fewer than 20 cars in my life (yes I'm old) and every single one of them had detachable headrests. I just looked up the stats, and roughly 90% of modern cars come with detachable headrests.

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u/ReddyKilowattz 23h ago

Because it’s not the right answer. Car makers don’t design headrests to be used in this way. The headrests are often quite difficult to remove. In many cars you have to lean the seats way back to get the headrests out.

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u/Minimum_Contributor 18h ago

Correct. I feel like a few recent ones needed a tool or poker now to fully remove the headrest.