Friday, August 3, 2007

Survival From A Sinking Car - Differing Opinions

Approximately 11 000 people accidentally end up driving their cars into lakes and rivers each year.

Heaven forbid that I should ever find myself in a sinking car but as we saw this past week it can happen to any of us at any time. If this were to happen to you, how would you extricate yourself from your car.

The following sites provide great information about this. Read through them and determine your own plan of action - be prepared!

1) How To Escape A Sinking Car - from HealthBolt

2) Escape From A Sinking Car - from SmartDriving.co.uk

3) How To Escape From A Sinking Car - from Worst Case Scenarios.com

4) How To Escape A Submerged Car - from The Oprah Show

You will notice as you read these emergency guides that opinions differ. This is why you need to be clear about how YOU will attempt to get out of a sinking vehicle. Use the information given, determine your course of action and then be prepared to act on it should you need to.

For more survival tips take a look at The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook




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