[hoosierham]

I'll bet there are literally hundreds of cars and pickups submerged in lakes and rivers as a result of accidents ;that is in addition to many others sent there as part of a murder.There are tens of thousands of places where water deep ,and,or cloudy, enough to hide a car from casual sight, is close to a road.There have been at least three cases in the last couple years of people unfamiliar with the area driving down a boat ramp into a deep lake and drowning.The drivers had time enough to call 9-1-1 on a cell phone before going under.Note it is very hard to open a car door against the pressure of all that water and modern cars electic windows would be shorted out.It isn't easy to break out a window with the usual items found in the passenger compartment. How many must fallen asleep ,swerved to avoid a deer, hit an icy patch,etc. on the decades of auto use?
There have been two men killed in separate accidents on opposite sides of my small town in just the last few years and a neighbor drove into the creek a decade ago.Only one of the three was drunk.One was on his way to work.One was going to get a prescription filled.

[hoosierham]

Note when I say “the area” I meany my locale ,not the one in this story.Anyway just take notice of all the places in your area where a car could go into the water.

[cunning_fish]

>>>>.Note it is very hard to open a car door against the pressure of all that water and modern cars electic windows would be shorted out.<<<<

In fact trying to open a door before a car is submerged makes the biggest chance to die. A vehicle tends to heel on a side of your opened door to sink faster and land on a bottom right above you.

The best idea is to leave a car through your opened window but it is not always possible because most vehicles are sinking nose-down.

If you haven’t managed and sinking with locked windows, you have to undress to fold seats for more room and grab any floating items you have inside (even an empty plastic bottles).

As soon as your car is full of water and there are right enough space just to make a few breaths, get out (doors are opening easily at the time).

[B4Ranch]

>>I’ll bet there are literally hundreds of cars and pickups submerged in lakes and rivers as a result of accidents;<<

Are you anti-ocean? America has what 8,000 or more miles of ocean shoreline and you didn’t even mention it.