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  • Seat belt jamming is so rare that neither the NHTSA nor the AAA track it as a statistic.

    As for the glassbreakers, here’s the big thing that most people don’t realize: They’re designed to break tempered glass, which is what most cars used to have for the side windows. However, modern safety regulations—specifically, the “Ejection Mitigation Rule” in the 2013 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 226 (FMVSS 226), mean that most manufacturers have transitioned to laminated glass for the side windows.

    Laminated glass (which is what the windshields were already made of) is tougher to break, and is now used to prevent occupants from being ejected through the side glass.

    An AAA research report tested six commonly-available glassbreakers. Not a single one of them was capable of breaking through laminated glass—and two of the tools couldn’t even break through tempered glass, but instead broke themselves. On the glass.















  • Funny enough, I just finished watching this series a couple of weeks ago. It felt like they thought they were getting canceled after the first season, then somehow got renewed and had to think of a way to further the story at the last minute. No idea if that’s true, but that’s how it felt.

    I like the more episodic story of the week feel the first season had. Hated the way they Neo-ized Echo in the second season. But I actually liked the season 2 finale, despite the time jump. Thought they wrapped things up in a pretty satisfying way.