Car goes underwater. How do you escape?
I have seven years and 4 gigs of information on this subject. The psychological effect of being trapped in a sinking car increases stress. This affects decision making and initiative. Cold water affects physical efficacy. Fear combined with all the other elements can lead to functional “paralysis”, or a type of ineffective busy work that in the pilot world is referred to as “task saturation”. Water will fill the car completely if the depth of the water is greater than the height of the vehicle. There will be no sustainable air bubble or pocket of air if the vehicle becomes completely submerged. All air will exit the vehicle in a relatively short amount of time. If the depth of the water is greater than 18 feet, the weight of the engine will pull the car down until it is sinking in the vertical position. It will most likely roll onto its top under these circumstances. Air will be quickly pushed through the back seat and out the trunk as the car sinks. Many people are found out of their
I have seven years and 4 gigs of information on this subject. The psychological effect of being trapped in a sinking car increases stress. This affects decision making and initiative. Cold water affects physical efficacy. Fear combined with all the other elements can lead to functional “paralysis”, or a type of ineffective busy work that in the pilot world is referred to as “task saturation”. Water will fill the car completely if the depth of the water is greater than the height of the vehicle. There will be no sustainable air bubble or pocket of air if the vehicle becomes completely submerged. All air will exit the vehicle in a relatively short amount of time. If the depth of the water is greater than 18 feet, the weight of the engine will pull the car down until it is sinking in the vertical position. It will most likely roll onto its top under these circumstances. Air will be quickly pushed through the back seat and out the trunk as the car sinks. Many people are found out of their