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Originally Posted by C-Bone
if it were an emergency, I'd bust the window if needed. if you flip your car and at least one window doesnt shatter or open in some way then you can probably open a door too lol, now if you drove it into a lake then ya that would be nice but I dont plan on doing that lol... and the only reason I hate em is the fact that you cant reach the passenger crank half the time unless you're stopped and it is very unsafe to do while driving, plus if you get pulled over the police come to the passenger side half the time now anyways and hows it gonna look if you're reaching over your passenger seat fumbling around trying to roll down the window, the cop might think your trying to stash something or go for a gun or something... you never know
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OK, in this particular case, the door was jammed and the driver is a female, so both of what you are suggesting do not work. Cranking out the window was her only choice.
Speaking of breaking the window, Car window (sides) are not that easy to break, although I have no experience of breaking it in the first place. Somehow I think even the police needs some kinds of tools (a hammer or something) to break the window if they need to. I know the windshield will not break, it get fractures because of a thin plastic layer between two layers of glass. In order to break the wind shield, you really need to kick it out very hard. Again this was not feasible for that poor female driver.
I understand all the fuss of not having automatic windows. I am trying to convey that by having this nice feature, we are reducing one possible exit method when accident happens.