Affected by the 21st typhoon "Boroi" this year, eastern Japan has been hit by heavy rain. In the worst-hit prefecture of Chiba, a total of nine people were killed by the torrential rain, including four people who drowned when their cars waded into water. So, when the vehicle is in distress, how should you save yourself?

Chiba county four consecutive incidents of vehicle wading drowning

When it was raining heavily, the car wiper has been opened to the maximum, but the driver simply can not see the road. Even if the road ahead is flooded, the driver is difficult to find and make a judgment in time. According to Japanese television reports, Chiba Prefecture, Naganmachi, 81-year-old man, Suzuki Rinichi, the same day when driving through a low-lying road, the car was flooded, stalled, resulting in Suzuki Rinichi trapped in the car drowned.

Nippon TV commentator: According to witnesses, the water was very deep and had reached the top of the car.

Japanese media: When the water reaches 30 cm, the car engine is prone to stall, rainy day driving should be clear destination road conditions, as far as possible to open high.

Then, when the vehicle wades in distress, how will the car personnel save themselves?

Japanese TV commentator : When the water on the road reaches 10 centimeters deep, the braking ability of the car is likely to decrease. When the water reaches 30 centimeters, the car engine is likely to stall. So we can't drive on a rainy day with the idea that we can drive wherever we can. We should know the destination and seek refuge at higher ground as soon as possible in case of an emergency.

Japanese media: Once the vehicle is flooded should break the window as soon as possible to escape

< BR /> Then, if the car is flooded, the door is impossible to open, and how to escape?

Japanese TV commentator: Japanese automobile Union said that this time it is best to break the window glass as soon as possible to escape. Because the door is difficult to open at this time.

How to choose the window breaking tool?

Japanese TV commentator: Under normal circumstances we almost never break the window glass. So how do you break the window glass when the car is flooded? The Japan Automobile Federation has also tried it out. Lined up on the screen are the items used to break Windows in the test. There are eight tools in total: a car seat pillow, a plastic bag containing coins, a mobile phone, a plastic umbrella, car keys, and three escape hammers. Which one of these tools would you use to break a car window?

Guest of Nippon TV: It looks like the iron rod on the pillow is very sharp, I think it should be able to break the window glass.

Is that really the case? Tests showed that the tip on the headrest could not smash the window; Nor did a plastic bag containing coins. Mobile phones, plastic umbrellas and car keys were also "defeated", and finally the experimenter used a safety hammer to smash the car window and escape.

Japanese media: The Windows are relatively strong the use of car safety hammer is the most reliable

Japanese TV host : I have tried to use a pillow to smash the window glass, but is unable to smash the glass. If you use a car safety hammer, you will soon be able to smash the glass. Even a woman can break a glass easily.

According to Japanese media, car window glass is stronger and more difficult to smash than ordinary household window glass due to its different material. When the vehicle is in distress, the use of professional car safety hammer to knock on the window is the most safe.

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