A Texas man and his dog died of heat exhaustion when the electrical system in his dream car, a corvette, failed, leaving him unable to unlock the doors or roll down the windows.A $10 ResQMe on his keychain or other glass breaker would have prevented this tragedyhttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-man-72-dies-trapped-corvette-dream-car-article-1.2253934
Quote from: Lynn LeFey on June 12, 2015, 11:58:09 PMA Texas man and his dog died of heat exhaustion when the electrical system in his dream car, a corvette, failed, leaving him unable to unlock the doors or roll down the windows.A $10 ResQMe on his keychain or other glass breaker would have prevented this tragedyhttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-man-72-dies-trapped-corvette-dream-car-article-1.2253934Why didn't he shoot the windows?!?!
I think we are missing the obvious here- windshields are very easy to push out. All he needed to do was get his feet up there and push with his back and legs and it would have popped out and the only damage to the car would have been a few light scratches on the hood and maybe a bent wiper or two.Def
Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on June 15, 2015, 12:05:43 PMI think we are missing the obvious here- windshields are very easy to push out. All he needed to do was get his feet up there and push with his back and legs and it would have popped out and the only damage to the car would have been a few light scratches on the hood and maybe a bent wiper or two.DefWhy didn't I think of that lolHowever at 72 years old his flexibility might night be up to par. Atleast in a Corvette anyways.
Quote from: NKlamerus on June 15, 2015, 04:23:48 PMQuote from: Grant Lamontagne on June 15, 2015, 12:05:43 PMI think we are missing the obvious here- windshields are very easy to push out. All he needed to do was get his feet up there and push with his back and legs and it would have popped out and the only damage to the car would have been a few light scratches on the hood and maybe a bent wiper or two.DefWhy didn't I think of that lolHowever at 72 years old his flexibility might night be up to par. Atleast in a Corvette anyways.I'm not that old, but I'm 6' 7". I'm pretty sure I couldn't get my legs out from under the steering wheel to accomplish that no matter if I was 20 years old again. (lol)But more seriously, I keep a ResQMe in my glove box. Everyone should have one (or something) for just in case.
I had zip tied ResQMe to hand break release handle on both of our cars since I joined MTO.
Quote from: Kampfer on August 04, 2015, 11:00:19 PMI had zip tied ResQMe to hand break release handle on both of our cars since I joined MTO.Has anybody who has one of those actually tested it on a car window? I tried to watch some of the videos on the homepage for that company but I just couldn't stand the eternal wait to actually see any content so I gave up. Sounds like a good concept but does it work?
Thanks, that's short and to the point. The only questions are who is that guy and how does he not mind slicing his seatbelt and breaking his window. I would guess somebody was paying for that unless the guy likes destroying stuff for fun. That kindof makes the video questionable.