There is ice on the water, so just below it it is around 4 or 5 degrees and “we humans are not made for that”, says Mario van Hattum, regional coordinator for water accident control at the Utrecht Safety Region (VRU). If your car falls into water, in addition to the cold, you already have the necessary challenges: it always happens unexpectedly, you have already received a blow and you are also locked in your car.
Car in water in this cold? ‘Above all, stay calm’
