Thread: Opening Power Windows Without Power

Originally Posted by 350RRC

I thought he was talking to 000 for 40 minutes before the line went dead. That's how it was reported on ABC radio.

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Yes that was the initial report but on review it was found to only be about a minute.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Yes that was the initial report but on review it was found to only be about a minute.

Line would go dead as soon as his phone got wet

Very sad, and must be one hell of a way to go.

But it is not possible to provide for every contingency; whether it be in a car or any other situation humans manage to get themselves into. I too have done many HUET training courses, in fact I have a log book with a record of them amongst other training courses involved in working offshore.
With the HUET training you are not only underwater, but also turned upside down!

The last helicopter that I owned had emergency escape handles next to the door that were just a simple "D" handle connected with a steel wire to the hinge pins on the doors. A quick pull on the handle and the door would fall off. No idea if they worked underwater, and had no desire to find out!

With a car fire; what happens if you are trapped inside after an accident and the doors are deformed and will not open? Should we legislate to have fixed fire suppressant systems?

The only sure way to avoid these things is to stay in bed all day, and hope that there is not an earthquake, or the building catches on fire.

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My 1984 BMW E30 has plastic plugs in the door trims that can be easily removed to wind down the windows manually when the electric ones fail ( which is quite often & no the switches are not made by Lukas) the down side is the winder is kept in the boot lid tool kit. Not much good if the car is under water.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I used to have one of those windpw breaking hammers in my P38A. I haven't fitted one to the L322 as I'm not sure where I could drill safely without damaging something vital.

I do wonder if one could kick a door window out of the frame. On earlier Subarus e.g., our '2005 Forester but not our current Forester, that would be possible as they had frameless windows (above the waistline).

I bought one of these from a disability shop ,as a aid to get in and out of cars, it hooks on the the door striker plate. it can be used as a glass breaker and seat belt cutter.
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Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

I bought one of these from a disability shop ,as a aid to get in and out of cars, it hooks on the the door sticker. it can be used as a glass breaker and seat belt cutter.
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My wife asked me to buy one of these to help her get in & out of the car & I did as I was told . Have no idea what she did with it , have not seen it since I gave it to her, probably in a draw some were with all the other things she thinks are a good idea & never uses.

Originally Posted by Tombie

I’ve always left windows down when doing water crossings for this very reason.

This. Growing up in a small forestry town with the main road out traversing several small rivers prone to flash flooding we had this drilled into us as kids. We got about in a 1959 Bedford TJ J1 truck in those days and it had traversed a few streams in flood in its time in emergency settings.