Equip yourself with 5 skills to escape in the nick of time when your car falls into water.

In case your car crashes into water, how do you escape? The following skills can help you escape death. Below are basic skills to help you escape from a flooded car.

1. Prepare a sitting position when entering the water

When the driver realizes that the vehicle is falling or plunging into water, he or she must use both hands to hold the steering wheel in the 9-3 o'clock position. The car body colliding with water will cause the airbag to deploy. Therefore, holding the steering wheel in other positions will cause the driver's head to be easily impacted, leading to serious injury.

In particular, drivers must always remember that airbags deploy very quickly, within just 0.04 seconds after being activated. The remaining people in the car when falling into this situation should try to stay calm and continue performing the following skills to save their own lives.

2. Remove the seat belt buckle

The next step that both the driver and the passengers need to do is to unbuckle the seat belt. This is considered an extremely necessary task and is important in determining whether everyone in the car can escape when the car falls into the water or not.

This is considered extremely necessary for people in the car to be able to escape. (Illustration photo).

3. Open the windows as soon as possible

Even if a car falls into water, it can still operate for about 2-3 minutes before it completely sinks. Therefore, everyone in the car should take advantage of this short period of time to open the car's windows or sunroof (if available) to quickly escape.

Nowadays, most car models are equipped with electric windows by manufacturers, so opening the windows becomes easier. Especially from the driver's position, you can open 4 windows at the same time, helping everyone in the car to get out quickly.

4. Break the window

In case the car door is stuck and cannot be opened, the only way for everyone in the car is to break it to escape. However, the front windshield of the car is very difficult to break because it is designed with high durability. Therefore, everyone in the car should use force to break the windows or the rear door of the car.

The tools you need to break the window can be a wrench, screwdriver or small hammer that you can find in the dashboard. If you can't find these items, you can use high heels or even kick the window with your foot to escape.

5. Get out of the car

Immediately after the window is broken, everyone in the car should take a deep breath and swim through the window. Because water will rush in very quickly and if you do not use all your strength to swim out, you may drown in the car.

In addition, another thing that victims should remember is to throw away their shoes and take off all heavy outer clothing so they can swim out easily.

In particular, if there are children in the car, adults should prioritize pulling the child to the surface of the water as soon as possible. At the same time, when getting out of the car, everyone should be careful not to kick too hard, causing injury to people around. Instead, use your hands to swim to the surface of the water and try to stay alive for as long as possible before being rescued.