Even though it was done in a controlled environment and Adam had oxygen supply and Jamie ready to help you still have to appreciate him doing it few times. It must be a scary experience.
@@d4slaimless modern cars have laminated car window so you just wasted 30 seconds trying to get the headrest off and with that not working that wasted time might be enough to kill you in that scenario
@chouinardfrancais A window hammer fails on laminated windows for the same reason. You break one sheet of glass, but not the window. Even with a sledge it would take quite a while to make a hole big enough to escape through.
They touched on it here quickly, but I still want to add that holding your breath should be a last ditched effort after all other methods. You have to wait until the car reaches the bottom of the water before the pressure equalises, which in an accident you might not know how deep that is. They touched on it also in the revisit. Basically whilst the car is sinking there is still a pressure differential, even if the car is full of water.
@@rustylittle7356 No, you have to wait until the car hits the bottom. Even with the cabin full of water, as the car is sinking there will still be a pressure difference, one that makes it even harder to open the door as the cabin is now filled with non compressible liquid instead of air.. They covered this in a revisit.
I believe you can use the headrest to break a window. Take it off, wedge it in to the bottom corner of the window and then pull back with everything you've got. Should break the window. Just don't try it.
Best to buy the hammer/punch tool from this episode. But use the metal bottom of the headrest as a backup. Also on some cars the headrest doesn’t easily come out of the seat.
I don't think they really proved you can't open a window under water. They placed weights on the window to simulate the water pressure, but those weights probably add a lot more friction than water. So I'm not fully convinced opening the window wouldn't work. Of course I wouldn't bet on it either.
The only friction they added was that between the window and the frame, which water pressure also will do. A couple of psi adds up to a lot over a surface as large as the window. They noted that the weight was equivalent to being submerged 2 feet and whilst it might have been more clear if they showed the math (at the risk of boring some viewers), I'm confident they still did the math correctly.
Car in water: Open the window and get out of it. If it doesn't open anymore (because the electrical system already failed) you'll have to relax and wait for the car to fill up. The car will sink to fast to open the door before, except if you do it before ending up in the water. Tge paper folding: For a normal A4 paper it's impossible. Or letter... But come on USA... Adapt the metric system and ISO Standards like the rest of the world... And why the Nasa hangar sized attempt? Grant already did it with a bigger and thinner paper! 😅
In reality, you would be plunging into dark, dirty water, possibly at night. The car may even tumble over and go upside down. Plus you're probably still wearing your seatbelt, and may have had an airbag deploy in your face. So there you are upside down in freezing cold water, and you can't see anything. Panic would set in immediately. The sober reality is that in 99% of these cases, the occupants drown.
@@SoggyButtowski Assuming the person is actually plunging into water deep enough for the entire car to sink, yes. If it's just shallow water like a tiny stream or the edge of a marsh then no.
@@SoggyButtowski What typically saves the occupants in the car is the fact that the water they crash into isn't deep enough for the car to fully submerge. Water might get up to the doors but that's about it in the majority of these cases. For the other cases where the car does go completely under, there's a RUclips channel of a guy who trawls rivers and lakes with sonar equipment looking for the lost cars because they're so difficult to find.
It would make more sense for manufactures to install window breakers. Cheaper, more effective and doesn't require training. When Adam talked about the revisit episode on tested, in the confusion of the car flipping he both put the regulator in upside down and also managed to take a breath full of water.
Crazy how this episode actually saved a number of people that were stuck in sinking cars
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@felicefelix7451 One of Adam's Q&A on his Tested channel
ruclips.net/video/Vs7E6nM9g5w/видео.html
That's at least two lives confirmed
@felicefelix7451 ruclips.net/video/Vs7E6nM9g5w/видео.html
Even though it was done in a controlled environment and Adam had oxygen supply and Jamie ready to help you still have to appreciate him doing it few times. It must be a scary experience.
This episode is exactly why my car has a window breaker in it.
Take the headrest off one of the front seats, you will see that most of them will work perfectly to break your window in an emergency:)
@@4n0n4m0us3 you need to know it beforehand though. Might not come to mind in emergency.
@@d4slaimless modern cars have laminated car window so you just wasted 30 seconds trying to get the headrest off and with that not working that wasted time might be enough to kill you in that scenario
@@chouinardfrancaisyou probably should address it to the person who suggested this idea, not to me.
@chouinardfrancais A window hammer fails on laminated windows for the same reason. You break one sheet of glass, but not the window. Even with a sledge it would take quite a while to make a hole big enough to escape through.
They touched on it here quickly, but I still want to add that holding your breath should be a last ditched effort after all other methods. You have to wait until the car reaches the bottom of the water before the pressure equalises, which in an accident you might not know how deep that is. They touched on it also in the revisit. Basically whilst the car is sinking there is still a pressure differential, even if the car is full of water.
no, you just have to wait until the air is out of the whole cabin.
@@rustylittle7356 No, you have to wait until the car hits the bottom. Even with the cabin full of water, as the car is sinking there will still be a pressure difference, one that makes it even harder to open the door as the cabin is now filled with non compressible liquid instead of air..
They covered this in a revisit.
The problem with the paper-folding myth is agreeing on when the paper is so thick you're rolling it instead of folding it.
I believe you can use the headrest to break a window. Take it off, wedge it in to the bottom corner of the window and then pull back with everything you've got. Should break the window.
Just don't try it.
Best to buy the hammer/punch tool from this episode. But use the metal bottom of the headrest as a backup. Also on some cars the headrest doesn’t easily come out of the seat.
Wish they tried the headrest to break the window like people say now, and now with laminated glass
29:05 Adam was like: "Argh! Thumb up means surfacing! Quickly make the okay sign in diving correctly!"
or if you dont want to wait, you can role down the window, and if its a electric window they are made to work longer when the car is under water.
????
Back in Jamie's day glass wasn't invented let alone a car.
28:34 Artie Lange cameo.
so you have to be in the back of the car to have maximum survival? ok. noted.
Okh my favorite adab savaz your expriment is my favorite and today's First expriment
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7:47 who is the one shirtless crew member? lol
Well they are installing cameras in and around a pool.
I don't think they really proved you can't open a window under water. They placed weights on the window to simulate the water pressure, but those weights probably add a lot more friction than water. So I'm not fully convinced opening the window wouldn't work. Of course I wouldn't bet on it either.
The only friction they added was that between the window and the frame, which water pressure also will do. A couple of psi adds up to a lot over a surface as large as the window. They noted that the weight was equivalent to being submerged 2 feet and whilst it might have been more clear if they showed the math (at the risk of boring some viewers), I'm confident they still did the math correctly.
@@nicholascrow8133 Water is known to be quite slippery. Cleaning staff regularly put up warning signs because wet floors tend to be slippery.
@@cube2fox That's not how it works. There was no added friction from the weights, they would've moved with the window same as with the water...
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Car in water: Open the window and get out of it. If it doesn't open anymore (because the electrical system already failed) you'll have to relax and wait for the car to fill up. The car will sink to fast to open the door before, except if you do it before ending up in the water. Tge paper folding: For a normal A4 paper it's impossible. Or letter... But come on USA... Adapt the metric system and ISO Standards like the rest of the world... And why the Nasa hangar sized attempt? Grant already did it with a bigger and thinner paper! 😅
In reality, you would be plunging into dark, dirty water, possibly at night. The car may even tumble over and go upside down. Plus you're probably still wearing your seatbelt, and may have had an airbag deploy in your face. So there you are upside down in freezing cold water, and you can't see anything. Panic would set in immediately. The sober reality is that in 99% of these cases, the occupants drown.
11000 accidents like this a year and 300 deaths and you say 99% death?
@@SoggyButtowski Assuming the person is actually plunging into water deep enough for the entire car to sink, yes.
If it's just shallow water like a tiny stream or the edge of a marsh then no.
@@SoggyButtowski What typically saves the occupants in the car is the fact that the water they crash into isn't deep enough for the car to fully submerge.
Water might get up to the doors but that's about it in the majority of these cases.
For the other cases where the car does go completely under, there's a RUclips channel of a guy who trawls rivers and lakes with sonar equipment looking for the lost cars because they're so difficult to find.
@@SoggyButtowski The dark force of math is strong with this one...
What's your point? Better off telling people to stay calm and give them a better chance, is 98% death not a worthwhile improvement rather than 99%?
But what is that tattoo?
I always drive with my windows down
i always DIVE with my windows down
confirmed cars need there own small air tanks incase of emergancy for survival
It would make more sense for manufactures to install window breakers. Cheaper, more effective and doesn't require training. When Adam talked about the revisit episode on tested, in the confusion of the car flipping he both put the regulator in upside down and also managed to take a breath full of water.