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by pyrophane 623 days ago
Note that these tools don't work if you have laminated side windows, which many cars now do!
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Ouhh didn’t realize that cars switched up windows so much. Is there a modern alternative tool that a common person could use?
I don’t know much about laminated windows, but would a $5 hammer from a hardware store work?
laminated windows have a layer of plastic in them. You need a cutting tool.

https://youtu.be/DyZrQ3Q0ZR0?t=75

Also I know this video has a firefighter in it but I will tell you that FFs are more likely to use a sawzall than a hand tool.

100% - hand tools are far too slow. Sawzall is really the quickest method these days, although I have seen some new tooling being experimented with.
Going by the last time Elon Musk publicly demonstrated Tesla's 'bulletproof' glass, an emergency steel ball bearing should work.