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Always have an emergency hammer in your car to break a window
Would that work in a car that purports to have bulletproof windows?
Only the tesla truck claims to be bullet proof. This happened in a model y and the 5th person in the car narrowly survived because a bystander smashed the window.
Hmm yeah, didn't think of that
I have a Civic with a manual door handle, but after reading your comment ... I think I'm going to get one to leave in the car just in case.
Should your car ever wind up submerged in water a hammer could come in handy. Make sure it's a "break glass" type hammer, which has a point. Thick tempered glass is surprisingly strong.
The spring-loaded kind are a lot easier to use in a cramped car and by people with less upper body strength. However, those won't work on newer cars with dual-pane or laminated glass
I've seen people say that emergency window hammers don't work with Tesla windows as they're laminated in current models.
This effectively is what an emergency hammer is - a "hammer" but with a narrow point specifically to be able to break the glass from the inside.
They are called Window breaker safety hammers because they are shaped like hammers, and you use it like a hammer.
They make window breakers on emergency flashlights for vehicles. Those aren't called hammers, but an emergency flashlight with a window breaker.