Wednesday, May 3, 2017

How To Escape From A Car In Water




This New York Times story, April 2017,  you might never need, but if you do, this is valuable advice.

If your cars goes in water (and many do every year) :

1.     do not open the door
2.     the electric windows will work after it hits the water, run down the window
3.     go out the window fast  -- within 60 seconds of hitting the water
4.     put out children first, oldest child first, then younger
5.     stand on top of the car if it is floating – THEN call 911
6.     survival depends on your doing this in this order, do not call 911 from inside the car, you don’t have time.  They won’t respond fast enough.
7.     some cars, like minivans, might float for 10 minutes but most will not
8.     your chances of survival are slim if you stay in the car -- or open the door


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