Getting trapped in a car can be nerve-wracking, but there's one small and cheap everyday car part that can break many car windows with relative ease.

Car windows are engineered to keep you inside the vehicle during a crash, not to let you out easily in a panic. When you are trapped by rising water, fire, or a jammed door, that safety design ...

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