If your car is sinking in water it can be hard to know what you should do. It’s one of those situations that can happen very quickly and it can be scary and disorienting which inhibits clear thinking. If you know what to do you can save lives, though, so this is valuable info. You could make the wrong decision very easily without it. This helps you know how to get out and how to get others out as well.

Key Takeaways:

• Do not close your doors or windows.
  The pressure of the water will not allow the windows and doors to open.
• Do not sit in the car waiting for the water to get in. Act as fast as possible.
• Children should come out first when you get their seat belts off and windows open.

“A person’s prevailing instinct when trying to escape from a submerged vehicle is, according to Dr Giesbrecht, to keep the doors and windows shut.”

Read more: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/how-best-escape-car-sinking-10288352