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 ...

AAA found that more and more cars are being equipped with laminated side windows that are almost impossible to break through. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but ...

In 2017, there were 21,000 crashes in the U.S. in which a vehicle caught on fire or was partially or fully submerged in water — leading to 1,800 deaths, according to travel-services provider AAA.

Most of us never think about what happens if we get trapped in a vehicle that’s on fire or sinking in water, but knowing the type of window glass and having the right tool on hand may be key to ...

A new report by automotive organization AAA highlights all the tools necessary, as well as the details you must know in order to successfully break out of your car in case of an emergency. One detail ...

Bullet-resistant car windows look deceptively ordinary, yet every pane is a small engineering project built to catch and slow bullets instead of shattering on impact. Layer by layer, glass, plastics, ...

A badly damaged Toyota Prius. Designed for safety during powerful collisions, tempered window glass breaks apart into tiny, rounded pieces, while laminated windshield glass cracks but remains in the ...

When contemplating a new vehicle, the average buyer may research which popular car brands are known for their safety. As such, they might ignore how ordinary automotive glass is a techno-chemical ...

Ron Moore and the rescue team update the task of door-window glass removal to address the presence of laminated safety glass. The driver’s door-window glass on this 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe is laminated ...