Can I break a car window with a knife?

FearDoiteain said:
This hasn't been accurate for several years. A lot of newer vehicles have laminated side glass also. Some of it is for sound deadening purposes "acoustic glass." It can even vary among different trims in the same vehicle year, where the upper trims get the laminated glass, lower trims tempered. Like a lot of things I noticed it first in luxury vehicles, then adopted by more mainstream vehicle. I had a vehicle with laminated front windows and tempered back windows and the difference in outside noise was actually noticeable.

But, it also helps vehicles comply with ejection mitigation standard also, so you may see it on even basic vehicles also.

If you look back at Post #37 there was a list compiled by AAA back in 2019 that listed vehicles with laminated glass outside of the windshields, and I believe it has become more common since then.
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Fair enough. I got out of that line of work in 1985.
Glad to see laminated made a comeback.
 
K.O.D. said:
Well I guess I'll keep my "Which knife to use in a manatee attack" thread away from here then.
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It's a shame. I was really looking forward to that thread. The obvious answer is the Boker Magnum Rainbow Mermaid.

It would be better to not use the blade to smash a window, unless you hate your knife. Due to follow through, there's a good chance of being sliced up. I've often felt that the majority of scenes on TV and movies, where someone is breaking a window, should have the next scene where a nurse is stitching them up or they're sitting in the hospital waiting room with a piece of gauze pressed against their arm. This sort of thing is best left to professionals like JoeX, who almost certainly has access to universal healthcare or a bottle a crazy glue near at hand.

 
That was not the plan when I make this knife.............but I hope this ruby is hard enough to break car window glass :)
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