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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: david86440 on January 17, 2010, 03:54:10 PM
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Quick thinking on driver's part...... and loud!
http://www.kcra.com/news/22258932/detail.html
ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- A driver whose vehicle crashed into a water-filled canal on Sunday used a gun to blast out a window and escape to safety, police said.
Marcelino Navarro/KCRA
Authorities said a sport utility vehicle was northbound on Industrial Avenue when it left the road just north of Blue Oaks Boulevard and landed in the water at about 9 a.m.
The driver, seeking to save his own life, used a legally registered gun to shoot out a window as the SUV sank, a bystander said.
The driver was taken to Sutter Roseville Medical Center for treatment. His name was not immediately available.
The SUV eventually became submerged in the water.
Police were investigating the cause of the crash.
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I've always carried a spring loaded center punch in the cars but this way works too!
quick thinking indeed!
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legally registered ::)
I have a centerpunch and seatbelt cutter within hand's reach in every vehicle.
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I roll down the window
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I roll down the window
Yes, I was wondering about that myself, it said the SUV "eventually sank", why didn't he just open the door or window ?
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Yes, I was wondering about that myself, it said the SUV "eventually sank", why didn't he just open the door or window ?
That's fine if you can before it sinks but if the water has already shorted out the electical system, the power windows won't work. My truck has crank windows but not the car. Once a car is deep enough to have water pressure against the door, you need to equalize the pressure in order to open it, if you can't open the window, you'll have to break it somehow.
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Yes, I was wondering about that myself, it said the SUV "eventually sank", why didn't he just open the door or window ?
And waste an opportunity to shoot up a car, hell no!
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when the water level is equal on the inside and outside of the door, you will be able to open th edoor with easy. You can not let panic set in. That is what gets people killed. There are many, many accounts of people trying to get out of thier car while its sinking, but forget to take thier seat belt off.
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They actually did the car in the water thing on Mythbusters.
Surprisingly, the electric windows worked for about 10 minutes after the car sank but were not strong enough to move the window against the pressure. Once the pressure equalized, the window worked. Of course by that time you could just open the door.
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode72
I don't think they shot the window though. ;)
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And until the pressure equalizes enough to open the door, there will be air in the car...maybe not where you can get to it...
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Here in S. Fl, we get the errant car in the canal story all the time, at least once or twice a month, some make it, some don't. Panic sets in, and most folks get disoriented, and drown.
Tragically, there was a mother of two, texting while driving in the rain, ran off the road, overcorrected, and slid sideways rolled over into a shallow canal.
Witnesses jumped in and managed to free the driver but her two children drowned, all in less than 3 minutes.
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They just did a news report with film coverage of the accident and it looks like the vehicle landed on it's roof and was quite heavily damaged.
It's not like he just drove into a canal, more like it rolled and landed upside down in the 6 feet of water.
The driver was a security guard driving home from work.
I don't think he would have been able to open the doors as the roof was crushed.
http://cbs13.com/local/roseville.underwater.car.2.1432423.html
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Here in S. Fl, we get the errant car in the canal story all the time, at least once or twice a month, some make it, some don't. Panic sets in, and most folks get disoriented, and drown.
Tragically, there was a mother of two, texting while driving in the rain, ran off the road, overcorrected, and slid sideways rolled over into a shallow canal.
Witnesses jumped in and managed to free the driver but her two children drowned, all in less than 3 minutes.
Back in the early '80s I lived in Miami Lakes. Seemed like even back then once or twice a month we'd hear about somebody's car upside down in a canal. And that was before cell phones and texting. Back then, they had to rely on dropping cigarettes or too much booze for the distraction. Anyway, Darwin frequently wins...
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You guys are WAY overthinking this!! He got to shoot his gun!! End of story!!
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Update: accident caused by... wait for it... wait...
ROSEVILLE, Calif. – A driver whose SUV plunged into a Northern California creek after he was startled by his hands-free cell phone device escaped the sinking vehicle by blasting out the window with a handgun. The 28-year-old man, whose name wasn't immediately available, is an armed security guard at Thunder Valley Casino, north of Sacramento. He sustained minor injuries in Sunday's accident.
A spokesman for the Roseville Fire Department said the man was traveling northbound on Industrial Avenue in Roseville when the cell phone device activated. The driver was startled and veered off the road through the guardrail. The SUV landed in Pleasant Grove Creek.
He used his gun to shoot himself out, then flagged down a passerby.
Why am I not shocked?