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A new video posted on X and TikTok shows firefighters attempting to break the Cybertruck’s windows. However, despite wielding heavy axes, it takes three blows to see the first crack and over 12 blows to break the window completely.

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[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 20 hours ago

Why are they using an axe and not any of the specifically made tools to break a window? A spring loaded window punch shouldn't take up any appreciable amount of space or weight on a suited up fireman.

[-] Free_Thoughts@feddit.uk 32 points 15 hours ago

It's laminated glass. Those window breaking tools only work for tempered glass. You might get it to spiderweb but the plastic layer between the glass panels is still going to hold it intact.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I have no idea.

Not only because a punch is a smarter glass break, but also because an axe at a car with someone in it is a FUCKING STUPID IDEA.

Spent years as a volunteer firefighter, near a major highway so ive done... A lot of extrications.

  • If the windshield is still there, we remove the whole thing. Its laminated, a punch is just going to make a hole. So we'd remove the whole damn windshield to keep glass away from victims.
  • if its a side window, that's getting broken - not to get in, but to keep the glass clear of the victims while we force the door open with big ass spreaders or the combi (I always preferred the combo - pinch cut then spread was much faster).

If you notice, the consistent thing there is not smashing a window toward the damn victim in the car.

Side note, I highly recommend a seat belt cutter, an automatic punch, and a light be in every car for emergencies. The holidays are coming, make them a stocking stuffer. They even have those combo ones that are ridiculous looking, but have all three features, and they fit in a glove box.

Also, please be safe when driving during the holidays. The day before thanksgiving was almost as bad as new years eve, so please, be careful. And if you are going out get a DD or an uber/lyft/whatever.

Its never fun getting dead kids out of a car. Its much less fun when you know they were in town to visit their parents.

/rant-ish.

Edit: Fixing autocorrect.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I feel like it also good to have doors that can be opened in a mechanical fastion.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

Oh absolutely.

The cybertruck is a safety hazard and then some.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Yeah that's not going to work with this. They armored it just enough to say it's armored.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 32 points 19 hours ago

I dunno. If an axe isn't getting the job done, I don't know that a window punch is going to be any better.

These windows were designed this way, because Tesla's "safety" features for the cybertruck are for delusional men who think they need to survive a highway gunfight, rather than to be able to escape the car in the event of an emergency.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

And they aren't bulletproof anyways.

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