This happened in Toronto on October 24th

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      I have a Civic with a manual door handle, but after reading your comment … I think I’m going to get one to leave in the car just in case.

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        Should your car ever wind up submerged in water a hammer could come in handy. Make sure it’s a “break glass” type hammer, which has a point. Thick tempered glass is surprisingly strong.

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      The spring-loaded kind are a lot easier to use in a cramped car and by people with less upper body strength. However, those won’t work on newer cars with dual-pane or laminated glass

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      I’ve seen people say that emergency window hammers don’t work with Tesla windows as they’re laminated in current models.

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        Only the tesla truck claims to be bullet proof. This happened in a model y and the 5th person in the car narrowly survived because a bystander smashed the window.