Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
i suppose our small boat problem doesn't wreck bridges.
One thing for sure, if this had happened in the UK there wouldn't have been any casualties because there's not a chance any workers would be out fixing potholes in the road.

This disaster was the major topic of conversation on the way home from school yesterday, with the daughter and one of her classmates. I was trying to prepare them in case they are ever in a car that plunges into water. First, keep your seatbelt on until the initial impact is over, or until the car has rolled over, because you're never getting out if you've been knocked unconscious. Second, get your windows down as soon as possible, while the electrics still work. This is a big problem with cars these days that have electric windows and no manual crank... once the electrics go due to water immersion you're pretty well buggered.

And that's not only the windows... the central locking comes on in many cars a few seconds into your journey, so if the electrics go, you're locked in with windows up. Also, even if that's not the case, you'll never open a car door underwater due to the water pressure, and it's much easier to watch the water level gradually rise while sat next to an open window than a closed window and door. I would imagine.

Get the windows down, let water poor in (which it would eventually, anyway) and then simply release your seatbelt and swim through the open window.

I knew that my helicopter underwater escape training would become relevant one day.

To be honest I'm not sure if the kids appreciated my prep talk or whether I traumatised them, but at least they're now prepared if ever I pick them up from school one day pissed, and end up driving into Korat city moat.