Unlike tempered glass (which for years has been the industry standard for vehicle side windows), laminated glass cannot be broken using window punches or other glass-breaking tools. Rescuers are ...

In a water crash, consumer-grade glass-breaking tools, like those seen here or here, could be your only hope to swim to safety. These small impact devices are either spring-loaded or a hammer.

This makes them strong, resistant to shattering, and very tough to break ... but the Rescue Tool can handle it. Use the window breaker to punch a couple of holes into the glass, then rip a ...

The other reason is that some of the glass-breaking tools being sold just don't work as advertised. Until relatively recently, the majority of glass used in vehicle side windows was just single ...