Ask Adam Savage: How MythBusters' Stunt Training Later Saved Adam's Life

Tested member Dungeonmaster V asked Adam, "You guys basically did stunt training for vehicles on MythBusters. Has that training helped you out of a jam in real life?" Adam has quite the answer for THAT question. Thank you, Dungeonmaster V! Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks, like asking Adam a question:
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[@dylanyoung1397]

Please do a special get together with Jamie, Carrie, and Tory... the world misses grant, I could use a reunion show from you all, also there has been plenty of myths and tv shows/ movie with ridiculous stunts people are craving to see you debunk them or prove them plausible. I doubt you read this Adam but this is from the bottom of my heart as a mythbuster and Adam savage fan, kind regards 2-18-21

[@jackielinde7568]

Adam, I wish there was a way to tell KZbin when their automatic closed caption makes a mistake. At 3:30, the caption has you saying "a week later I hit like my fourth patch of black guys and like I was actually". I know my tinnitus is bad, but I'm pretty sure you said "black ice"

[@tested]

@@jackielinde7568 We fixed it, thank you.

[@garfoonga1]

it was probably a joke, but a formal intro is really unnecessary for online stuff, sine the title will almost always convey the topic and who is presenting. I think even on tv they dont do that "This is the andy griffith show, starring andy griffith" "Hi everybody I'm andy griffith" kinda monotonous

[@jackielinde7568]

@@tested I have to say, when the Automatic Closed Caption system messes up, it's usually entertaining. It's part of the reason I have it up. (The other part is the ringing in my ear makes softer speakers "fun".) This one was more... "Yikes!" Glad you guys were able to fix it, and I didn't think for a second that Adam's mowing down people. He's too nice for that. ;)

[@MixingForJesus]

Loved the black ice story. My wife used to say that when I would take the boys up to the shopping center parking lot in the snow to teach them defensive snow driving that we were just there to have fun. Then one day I had to drive her to work at the hospital during SnowMageddon in 2010 and while taking an exit my rear wheels caught a patch of dense snow and we started sliding sideways. Like your wife, she is stock still and terrified in the passenger seat while I am calmly counter steering and straightening the truck out and continuing on our merry way. When she relaxed, she looked over me and said, “OK, I won’t say anything about you guys practicing snow driving anymore…”.

[@sailingeric]

That is why I love playing in snowy parking lot, both fun and keeps your skills sharp

[@JasonOlshefsky]

Same here ... once had it happen where I took a corner and felt the back-end slip out. Before I had thought about it, I had already corrected instinctive. More dramatically, I was driving a Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon-rear-wheel drive with all-season tires-going through a highway interchange with snow just starting to fall at exactly freezing temperature. I hit the gas to accelerate under and overpass and I felt the back end swing out. I let off the gas and had to countersteer four of five times while that 15-foot-long behemoth wagged its tail down the highway before recovering. Definitely my best bit of driving. From there on out every single bridge and underpass was iced over. Before I could get off the highway I was being passed by a small SUV as we approached an overpass. The SUV went sideways in front of me. The driver had this terrified look staring at me, but I didn't touch the brakes until we had passed the bridge and slammed them on, grinding to a halt with a few feet to spare.

[@elitabaldridge6967]

My birthday is in December, and as soon as I got my learner's permit at 14, my mom drove us to an empty, iced-over parking lot, popped me into the driver's seat, and taught me how to drive on ice. Utterly terrifying at the time, but got me out of trouble several times as a young college student.

[@cameronwebster6866]

the problem is it can be really hard to find a parking lot with nothing to hit these days.

[@MixingForJesus]

Might take some looking, esp in city areas, but it's well worth it. Mall parking lots are great.

[@bobpowers9862]

It's true: Safety training, if you do it enough, trains your brain to *think* in a crisis, instead of just panicking. Cool story.

[@Timooooooooooooooo]

I forget the exact phrasing, but I always remember Adam's quote: "Calm people live, stressed people die" from his submerged smoker's car story

[@KanuckStreams]

Can confirm. What the training does is gets the brain to start going "okay, this is happening, which means I do this." And then with enough training and practice, if that instance occurs then your brain will just go "oh, it's this thing, we do this" without really any conscious part of your brain getting involved (usually) until the event has already passed.

[@naverilllang]

There's nothing wrong with panicking. You just gotta make sure you do it _after_ the danger has passed.

[@Stormynormy42]

For me, I didn't have any direct training, per se, but from a young age I kind of grasped that this was an important thing (being raised around motorsports didn't hurt that either lol), and always paid attention to how my parents and others drove as a kid. Dad is significantly safer than mom, but watching her and thinking of what I would do differently was a positive experience imo. I've never been in any incident of my making and have avoided countless wrecks that would have been the fault of others, and feel fairly calm and comfortable/in control in hazardous conditions. Spending a few years in jobs that require driving in a year conditions hasn't hurt either. I guess what I'm saying is, these things don't necessarily required direct professional instruction, people just need to pay attention more in life in general, especially when doing things capable of permanently injuring others/yourself or worse, like driving.

[@jarydjackson8531]

The point is to NOT think. It’s supposed to be subconscious, and as Adam said autonomic. If you know the fundamentals of how steering systems work and you pay attention to safety training and practice it should be as thoughtless and automatic as taking a deep breath.

[@johnnycab01]

And we're grateful that training paid off! You're a treasure.

[@llantup]

So say we all.

[@liams1991]

An International treasure.

[@pvic6959]

honestly he really is. we gotta watch out or nick cage is going to try to steal him

[@cmikesmith664]

I agree

[@robertmartin8907]

Not really, he's kind of a total piece of shit girl though.

[@DavidLindes]

The whole "siren is illegal" concept makes me think of FCC regulations for Amateur Radio operators. In a true emergency, as defined, you operate on whatever frequency and whatever mode has the best likelihood of getting assistance -- even if it would otherwise be completely illegal for you to operate in that manner. I wonder if the California vehicle code has similar provisions.

[@hannahranga]

Would also be unsurpised if the fine for using a siren is fairly low but it's the getting caught using it to impersonate the police is the bit that gets in deep trouble.

[@frantisekvrana3902]

I do not know USA law, but in Czech republic, I think there is a law about situations of imminent danger (separate from self defense). You are allowed pretty much anything to deflect such danger, even if otherwise illegal. As using the siren was a direct step to stop them from dying, I think Adam would not have gotten in trouble for it.

[@Alexander_C69]

California law does allows the use of a sound amplification system to warn of an hazardous situation. Sounding a siren that is attached to an unauthorized vehicle is still an traffic infraction even in an emergency.

[@kleinerprinz99]

just use your horn thats the real purpose why its in every vehicle

[@Beall619]

"No driver of a vehicle shall operate, or permit the operation of, any sound amplification system which can be heard outside the vehicle from 50 or more feet when the vehicle is being operated upon a highway, unless that system is being operated to request assistance or warn of a hazardous situation." CA VEHICLE CODE SECTION 27000-27007

[@Harrypm3]

“There’s not a lot of time for discussion, s**ts happening” best new saying from Adam.

[@Sevalecan]

My own personal experience with that was being in the passenger seat riding home with my mother not too long ago. Suddenly we come around a curve, it's a 55mph road, and the guy coming in the opposite direction has a trailer that comes completely disconnected and moves into our lane. Granted I had enough time to give my sincerest "Mom, you need to stop the van right now" or something to that effect, not sure if she saw it without me saying it or not, probably did because she did stop(and she doesn't process things like me talking as quickly in most situations) and it ended up crashing into the ditch on the side of the road a couple hundred feet in front of us I think. If you do find yourself in need of conversing, keep it to only the information required, and make sure your tone of voice communicates the urgency. A lot of things come into play here, your relationship with the person, your temperaments, their skill, yours, do you correctly understand the situation. Honestly the issue isn't just time, it's a lot more complicated than that. And for all I know I accomplished nothing, I don't recall asking her if she noticed without my saying so. We were glad we avoided the accident and moved on.

[@ScrubLordJenkins]

You know you can curse on the internet right?

[@MadScientist267]

You mean "shit's happening" 🙄 Stop the fucking censoring.

[@Daniel-rd6st]

My best story of "driving" was probably when riding a bike of all things. I was riding home from school at winter time, going down a hill on a bike lane towards a busy crossroad with 2 lanes. Usually i stop in front of the traffic lights. This time however it had snowed a bit and the snow hid a solid patch of ice covering the bike lane all the way down to the cossroad. i was probably going at around 25 kph, not that fast on the one hand, but i had no way of stopping and the traffic lights were red. Within a splitsecond i was considering my options. Just before the crossroad there was a strip of grass, divided from the bikelane by a curb. It was covered in snow too, but i figured, that on grass ice usually dosent form so what i did, the moment i went past that strip, i jumped from the bike, landed on the snowcovered grass and pulled on the bikehandle to force the bike down with me, so that it wouldnt slide onto the crossroads. I think that was the first (not the last) time i found out, that i tend to switch any emotions off in a critical situation. The shaking comes afterwards... What also saved my bacon once when driving my car was actually the "driving training" i got from a videogame (Flat out 2). I was hitting a gravel patch while driving through a U shaped corner and had to fight to keep the rear end stable in my old Seat Marabelle, but managed to do it (It really felt like riding a dirtroad in flat out and i was good at that game :p) while the guy behind me in his Mercedes lost control and had to hit the brakes to avoid hitting the curb. I must say, i am still a bit proud of that one 🙂

[@kazeryu4834]

My first thought was “this is why everyone needs sirens” then I realized I was being stupid because this ONLY worked because sirens are so uncommon everyone knew something was wrong

[@revenevan11]

Yeah, it would end up just like a horn where people in big city traffic just use it meaninglessly to signify anger or frustration. I'm thankful that where I live hearing a horn is rare enough that you know it's warning you of something like drifting out of a lane or someone in your blind spot, etc.

[@andrewsprojectsinnovations6352]

Alternative solution: . . . - - - . . . on the horn. Every driver has that capability, it's universally recognized as "oh $#!7 something's terribly wrong," and it's not something likely to be used in rage. Even people who aren't familiar with Morse Code ought to know what it means. It's times like hearing that story that I wish Morse Code were taught in schools... It universally works in emergencies, regardless of what equipment you have available: horns, lights, gunshots, pounding on doors/walls/rubble, raising/lowering a highly visible object/flag, etc. Basically anything can create that recognizable pattern of long and short pulses...

[@notaliasing2075]

@@andrewsprojectsinnovations6352 how do you do a long beat with a gunshot?

[@andrewsprojectsinnovations6352]

@@notaliasing2075 That requires a bit more creativity, but I was thinking you could vary the delay between them. This is obviously easiest on semi-auto but pump, lever, or bolt action can be nearly as fast in skilled hands.

[@skepticmoderate5790]

@@andrewsprojectsinnovations6352 That requires spare coordination, which you may not have during an emergency situation. If it was automatic it would be more useful.

[@AndrewBahls]

I suspect the reason that you're getting new questions from us Tested patrons, is that the majority of us have watched most if not all of your convention Q&As.

[@cavemanvi]

im going to piggy back off your comment... adam is 10/10 on this right?

[@coltenh581]

Right we’ve heard all the other shit

[@ImFromIowa]

If *3V3RY* reporter, interviewer, and hosts did that (along with their research) we’d have soo many new facts about celebrities we didn’t know before.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

@@ImFromIowa I suspect it has as much to do with the assumptions made about their audience as it does about the interviewer's research.

[@richardperritt]

As a former automotive test driver I can attest to that first moment when the skills you have acquired - that you never expect to use - never HOPE to HAVE to use - just appear magically, naturally. I still remember my first time avoiding an incident (nearly T-boned by someone running a red light in the perpendicular direction) and I will NEVER forget it.

[@MitrovichtheMagnificent]

Can you please tell the story so we have an idea? This is my biggest fear driving because you can't control it and you usually won't see it coming either.

[@keithbordeau4874]

@Mitrovich the Magnificent All you can do is practice. Go out and drive and always be conscious of what's a couple hundred feet away in EVERY DIRECTION. Don't just stare at the road and zone out. The second you get complacent and start getting too comfortable something will come along to correct that notion real quick. I've been a professional driver for years and thought I was the best driver ever. Until last year when I hit a truck doing 65 miles an hour.

[@danielnewby2255]

I was almost in a head on collision in Arches with a driver on the wrong side of the road and my entire extended family in an SUV and 100% my reaction kicked over to training, down to the details of looking if I'd cleared the car I was passing (he was already slowing down, and I could see the look in his face), to signaling for a lane change. I didn't actually have a reaction until 20 minutes later when we stopped for a rest break, and when I stepped out of the car I immediately broke down. A few years later I T-boned a drunk driver running a red-light in the rain. I was doing about 45... I don't remember the 3-5 seconds leading up to the crash itself, but I know I drove the car all the way through the accident because I managed to roll my window up and actively shift from 4th to 1st while I was stopping. Totaled the car, but nobody was seriously injured. Training works.

[@styrofoamcow6996]

Wow Aside from the fact that he can drift over black ice, using roadsigns to drive so you can pull off the final stunt for Mythbusters is as Clutch as anything gets, and makes the moment all the sweeter.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

I once had a hood fly up on a vehicle I was driving at 60-65mph. I thought my passenger shat himself when it happened, as I calmly came to a stop on the roadside and shut the hood, and we carried on to work 😂

[@stephanie.stanton]

The black ice/rain/snow episode literally saved my life last week on the drive home from a hike (that ended with 6in of snow in an hour). That and “panicked people die.”

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

Calm people live.

[@thefaboo]

It is amazing how calm you can be when you're terrified.

[@coolfred9083]

The "panicked people die" thing is interesting when you think about evolution

[@iitstre_4550]

@@thefaboo I’ve learned that I’m my calmest in terrifying situations. (Excluding with my girlfriend, she AMWAYS gives me butterflies and I can’t help that) but! Moral is, the more danger, the more relaxed I am lol

[@BarrackObamna]

@@iitstre_4550 you sound like someone who’s never been in danger. Life is gonna kick you in the teeth and you’ll feel stupid for feeling that way.

[@dungeonmasterv]

Thanks Adam!!!! And yes, it’s V for Victor. 😁

[@erens-basement]

Good question!

[@PaulMansfield]

Roger!

[@jacob2802]

Sound argument for every car to have an emergency "something ain't right give me room" siren.

[@nate2838]

People would use it just like the horn.

[@devinnall2284]

Since most cars have computers in the now they could make it automatic

[@Liusila]

You have the emergency lights button for that. Most use it to “park here real quick” but still.

[@JulianSildenLanglo]

That's what the horn is supposed to be.

[@jacob2802]

Just saying, the horn is used as a way to express anger more than distress. And... If I've lost brakes or steering I'd like something a bit more noticeable than emergency flashers.

[@Efferheim]

My dad put me through rigorous driving training when I was learning, quite a lot on ice as well. I was driving my 91 Camaro to another town on the interstate to drop someone off in the winter time, traveling at about the speed limit of 75. We were chatting and came up over a large hill into a mile long valley to see ice everywhere and a good number of cars scattered all over the interstate. I spotted a path through the cars and people standing in the road, pressed the clutch, removed the car from gear gave a quick double honk and simply coasted through the accident area at 70 until we hit the other side of the ice patch. There is just nothing like already knowing how to drive in a condition to help avoid an accident.

[@christophersmith108]

29 years and two days ago, my girlfriend, driving the car in which I was the front seat passenger, lost traction and did not know how to manoeuvre into the slide. In the resulting accident, she was uninjured, but my neck was broken. I have been a tetraplegic ever since. Things only have to go wrong once for their ramifications to be eternal

[@DavidLindes]

Condolences, Christopher. I hope there's been goodness that's come from it, too (not that that makes it all hunky dory). Either way, though, condolences.

[@christophersmith108]

@@DavidLindes Thanks. I guess that the point I want to make was that I'm grateful to Mythbusters, that they specifically examined things like alcohol intake, and in-car mobile phone use (both handheld and hands-free), and their effect upon road safety. There are a number of episodes that really should be part of basic driver's education

[@francescocavallo3000]

@Ian Visser that's beautiful, thanks for all the work!

[@michaelserres3604]

My uncle had a similar experience to you Christopher. Everybody should learn how to deal with emergencies in cars in as realistic conditions as possible. Preparations beats luck every time. Professional training is definitely the way to go.

[@joelsbowlsarejoelsgoals9636]

3:26 The most important thing to take out of his experience is not to panic.

[@jacobpalomarez5349]

That was probably the key takeaway from the car in a lake episode.

[@donbeary6394]

I'm going to say that training, experience, is how you get to that point where you don't panic .. much harder to not panic if something is very far out of your experience or thought process

[@givemeaforkingname]

Yep, but as Don Beary said it's training and experience that gets you there. Otherwise you're not prepared to ACT instead of REACT (usually in panic to a degree).

[@d10valentin]

And as we know, step two is to bring a towel.

[@noodlebob5302]

Easier said then done

[@charleswise5570]

Every time I'm behind the wheel of my delivery truck, to me, it's driver training. I drive with no radio on, nor any other distractions. This has truly saved my life multiple times, as well as many others, who have made boneheaded moves.

[@carlwitt3934]

I shuddered at the thought of the final episode having "In Loving Memory of Adam Savage" in the credits.

[@revenevan11]

God that would be an awful alternate history 😢

[@Huzaku]

That black ice story actually reminded me of a time where that exact episode of Mythbusters saved my life. I was driving through the east coast of the US during winter and we started sliding toward the edge of a cliff. If I hadn't learned about counter steering from you I'm not sure I would have been able to gain control again.

[@sarahmobroten4186]

One of your stunt trainings saved my life! Not so much about a stunt per say, but more like what you said...if you panic you die. Stay calm and live. I was choking and got help! I stayed calm!

[@MrShanghai34]

I could have used the black ice training when I stepped on my front steps this morning. 2 steps and down I went. Looked around and no-one saw me.

[@saucyl3477]

Looks like your stealth training paid off though.

[@leelindsay5618]

Always salt the stairs....🖖

[@GardenGuy1943]

I saw you.

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

stepping down from the 2nd floor at my condo. They with a timer, automaticly watered the lawn during the night. Which also got below freezing. 2 or 3 steps from the bottom was pure ice I did not see. I'm lucky all I broke that morning was my coccyx, also known as the tailbone.

[@F3A5T]

Ahh man that happened to me too the other day.

[@Flint_Inferno]

Moral of the story: Buy a PA system for your vehicle

[@davidkreutzkamp6602]

That is what I took away from this too lol

[@oddcrazytoilet]

Yea, hazards and laying on the horn I think would work for us plebs

[@chris-hayes]

@tiuschiu I think the problem is he's drifting into the left lane and the car there may not see the hazards.

[@nate2838]

@@chris-hayes Not only that, but an unfortunate number of drivers ignore hazards, turn signals, and anything else they don't associate with a police officer about to interrupt their self-centered driving.

[@nate2838]

@@oddcrazytoilet Maybe, maybe not. Depends on who is around him, some people have no regard for turn signals, flashers, and the horn is just an f u, only used to curse someone out rather than an indicator of an emergency.

[@Daniel7.62]

I miss mythbusters so much. It was my favorite show and I was so disappointed when it went off the air I still watch all the reruns when they are on and I have most of the episodes saved on my DVR and I am still hoping that some day that mythbusters or some kind of spin off of mythbusters will come back to TV. But without Jamie and Adam it won’t be the same.

[@dr97236]

Me too

[@MrLegendofLP]

There was the White Rabbit Project with the Build Team Tori, Kari, and Grant. But it didn't last long.

[@danielland3767]

@@MrLegendofLP I missed White Rabbit Project & still replay it regularly. Also Savage Builds & Mythbusters Jr. Needs to come back on

[@brandongawel5507]

Discovery+ or whatever the service is called has every episode. My girlfriends family had it and I got them into the show when I found out we could watch it uninterrupted by commercials

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

Even since the VERY FIRST episode, I never missed a single Mythbusters episode. Plus, I would watch reruns ALL DAY LONG, no matter how many times I have seen EVERY episode. It was my weekly allowance of happiness. There was a NEW Mythbusters show, with two new hosts. The new show started literally IMMEDIATELY after the last Mythbusters episode aired. No joke. IMMEDIATELY after that episode ended, the first episode of the new Mythbusters started. Discovery could not even be bothered to call it "Mythbusters: The Next Generation," as in Star Trek TNG. If Discovery had bothered to do that, the new show MIGHT have worked. MIGHT. Still, the two guys looked like they were TRYING to be Adam and Jamie, instead of being an entirely new Mythbusters show. It did not work, and it was not the same. No wonder they never got a second season.

[@Merennulli]

I was really blessed that my parents took me out to an empty parking lot in the snow to teach me how to lose traction and get it back. Not nearly as intense as what you were taught, I'm sure, but immensely helpful with all the countless times I've lost traction over the years since and even times where I needed to do things I really shouldn't have like getting up a steep hill in snow that was almost up to my car's clearance. I wish teaching young drivers to handle a loss of traction was more common.

[@TDFMonster40K]

I've only ever heard of one other time a "steering knuckle" broke. It's fairly rare compared to x# of vehicles on the road.

[@caddyguy5369]

(EDIT: I commented before i got to him explaining what part he was talking about. Never had one of them break.) I've driven for a while with a cracked one. Didn't realize it was cracked until I went to change stabilizer bar links. Just where that bolts on though. Wasn't fully cracked like where the hub bolts on or anything. That was an unexpected junk yard part search. Luckily found one about an hour away.

[@haratofu]

I would sure hope so! That and brakes are probably the two things I would like least to fail while I'm driving.

[@TDFMonster40K]

@@haratofu I hear you on that. I'm staying at home atm until I can get the money to fix my brakes. Rear pad isn't releasing fully and pretty sure it screwed the caliper and drum before I caught it *sigh *

[@Yophillips3272]

I just had a recall fixed on my Crown Vic, for this. It's a common issue on the ole' police interceptors.

[@patheddles4004]

That happened in 2015 or so, and the car was a 1982 model. Not a lot of 33-year-old cars on the road, and I reckon he'd have already replaced all the stuff that usually breaks.

[@caddyguy5369]

The first one happened to me when I was driving my parents to Vegas. My moms SUV going about 65. I felt the traction break. Immediately let off the gas, corrected, feathered throttle. My mom had no clue how I saved it.

[@Zayllyaz]

Adam, I am so envious of your story telling ability, Its a pleasure to watch you recall these memories in real time and create fantastic stories from them. So much fun to see

[@elijahgrimm8052]

I think the biggest takeaway from all this, is that yeah you can technically drive a car but it's as important if not more so to learn how to CONTROL a car, especially when things go wrong.

[@fifthcohortlegion12]

I’ve always loved your videos! In the aviation community we have a saying of never stop fighting even when things are going horribly wrong, and these stories are an amazing example of that in another context!

[@patheddles4004]

I really like "fly the plane all the way to the crash site"

[@Dracule0117]

Awesome job reacting to the danger in the BJ42 story. My dad has one of those awesome old machines- specifically an FJ40- and also sheared that steering knuckle once. Fortunately, we were rock-crawling at the time (and fortunately in a non-precarious position) rather than running on a highway. I mainly remember the look of frustration on his face as we got towed back to the parking lot.

[@Strongit]

Great to hear. I used to fix ATMs for a living and driving was about 70 to 80% of the job going from site to site. From personal experience I can tell you that any kind of driver training can and will save you from accidents or save your life.

[@brandonyoung-kemkes1128]

I’m so glad something you learned at work was able to help you in such an important moment in your life. And you told such an entertaining and vivid story I almost imagine being there. I’m very glad that story had a happy ending.

[@bboomer7th]

My first thought was ‘he had a production assistant (P.A.) in the car?!’

[@greenredblue]

_"Why would a car have a Prince Albert?"_

[@bboomer7th]

Guy Boo Because Prince Albert comes in a can?

[@Kai-K]

Which is, of course, not legal in the city.

[@chloehennessey6813]

The first aid training my dad got helped save us. In 2019 we were on vacation in Alaska. We took a flight-seeing tour in Ketchikan and were in a mid-air collision with another DeHavilland airplane. It descended and hit us over George Inlet. I don’t remember anything of the impact or hitting the water.

[@carsoncityairsoft]

That’s insane what

[@stepsinpairs]

"An east coast highway is barely discernable from Elaine" Poor Elaine :(

[@ThomasStrings]

Adam, you have the most awesome stories! btw you're #1 on my bucket list of "share a meal with anyone living or dead". Keep on Adaming!

[@paulstokes1831]

I drive semi truck. Years ago I was a driver trainer. I was in a whiteout blizzard in Wyoming. 3:00 am. My student asleep in bed. Zero visibility! Woke the student. Told him get in passenger seat and wear seatbelt very tight. Could not see the lanes of the interstate. Could not see exits. This was pre-cell phone times.. Slow and stopped cars in right lane. I get in the left lane..fresh snow means good traction!!! Still could not see ruts in the right lane. I eased to the left into the rumble strips! Drove 300 miles..burp burp burp! My student was helping me watch for tail lights. So..if extreme conditions. Its like Adam said! That was the best driving I have ever done! 300 miles in rumble strips next to the median!

[@timjackson3954]

Ooh that brings back memories. I was driving my MG B roadster in a heavy storm, about a force 10, when a gust hit me while crossing a bridge and unhooked the aluminium bonnet (engine hood) catch. The force of wind ripped out the safety catch and folded the bonnet right back across the windscreen hitting me on the head (through the fabric soft-top), cracking and obscuring the windscreen. Fortunately the storm had driven most of the (more sensible) drivers off the road so I had plenty of room, but I do remember navigating by watching the Armco barrier through the passenger side window to pull over onto the hard shoulder and stop.

[@raymitchell9736]

WOW! What an amazing story, and the way you told the story I felt like I was there with you living it, I can only imagine the terror, but I like the professional way you handled each of the situations... If I'm ever in a jam like that, I would want you to be the one driving because I know you'd save us both! Hooray for the training!

[@nochillow4401]

That last story gave me goosebumps. Glad you're okay and thanks for sharing everything you do.

[@cullenatorguy]

Adam's truck story reminded me of the few times the hood flew up and slammed into the wind shield when I was driving about 60mph, one time being on a highway. I didn't try to keep driving like he did, but I was impressed that I was able to calmly slow down and pull off the road.

[@DWSOutdoors]

I am incredibly thankful for this walkthrough as I tell all of my loved ones that without a doubt you should have some extensive training or real world problem training to make yourself a better driver! You just confirmed I am right about that!

[@quintonquill]

Coming from New England ,you don't need stunt driving school you learn this @ 16 and 1/2 years old the first winter you drive...good story loved it reminded me of my youth. :}

[@zfotoguy71]

One of the most unexpected terrifying things that happened to me was my hood popped up on my 77 Malibu while I was driving in heavy traffic on an interstate at night in heavy pouring rain and I was in the left lane. I didn't panic, just looked through the slit at the very bottom of the windshield and turned on my blinker slowly making my way to the right side of the highway.

[@ChuckvdL]

Learning to drive on low traction surfaces is a very valuable skill.. the first place I drove a car was on a frozen lake, at age 14, and it’s served me well my entire life..

[@gabrielmeth4844]

Adam got to do all kinds of crazy stuff. I want to be in his D&D game!

[@iamzid]

i've just spent a lot of time driving in bad weather for the joy of it. my favorite one was the time i drove though a white out blizzard ,through Nebraska, on I80. you couldn't see lights past 30 feet, there were people pulled over, people in the ditch, crashes, jackknifed semis in the road. it was pretty neat.

[@arohk1579]

Glad everything worked out with the busted steering, it's really amazing how fast specialized training can come back when needed.

[@jasonborn5645]

As someone whose had these "cases" over the road trucking it's fun to hear your experiences too as a person who loves you. Thanks

[@thecloneguyz]

What saved my life is an experienced rider teaching me what countersteer is on a motorcycle As I was going around the corner and losing traction and heading towards the shoulder I remembered what I was taught about countersteer plus I pushed my knee out to catch some of the wind and it slowly started pulling me back in

[@engineeronabicycle178]

great story, good it came to a positive end. My dad let Twin1 and me (Twin2) and himself do a drifting and skidding training for one day with a professional driver, lots of fun, lots of learning. Next week im driving my car ('98 jaguar xj, 230 hp rwd) to a scouts camp with a few other leaders in the car. Heavy rain after a period of dry weather, and when I make my 90degree turn to enter the highway, the back end just breaks out, like in a movie. This training really made me go on autopilot and control the car with countersteering, so that training really paid itself back. Tbh it was quite fun as I was in control of a drifting car

[@sarahlancial3114]

I had a hood latch failure going 65 on the highway. I was able to get off safely by keeping the lines in my side mirrors. I only knew to do that because I had spent a very short time driving the short buses for the city and that was what I did to get used to the width of the buses.

[@jackthayer904]

And this is why I have taught myself and my sister how to slide our truck in the snow (was also for fun) but it has saved me especially on one occasion. I was driving on highway 26 near Collingwood Ontario where it is a 4 lane divided highway, when as I am in the right lane the 18 wheeler in the left lane stratus to veer into me. As I move over to not get hit I get pushed into a snow bank which instantly tries its best to fishtail me and put me in the ditch, for those wondering I couldn’t have slammed on the brakes as the highway was very busy and had 1-2” of fresh snow on it which had I done that likely would have resulted in a pileup as sadly most people aren’t experienced enough or frankly even have snow tires, thankfully I had disabled the primitive traction control our truck has and engaged 4 wheel drive, so I countersteer and slam on the gas which pulls me out of the slide prevented me from being involved in a 400/401 style pileup, if you live in southern Ontario you know what I mean.

[@SteveHupe]

Spun out on black ice last week, my back end was gone before I could even start corrections, but I managed to come to a mostly controlled stop (facing the wrong way). Having training saved me from doing the usual overcorrections and potentially sending me careening into a parking lot or onto the boulevard. My wife taught me all that and I'm glad she did.

[@jedidiahhenry6020]

I don't think there is a better human being to have as a father. His kids are SO fortunate!!...even if he refers to them as thing 1 and thing 2!

[@EllaBananas]

Learning how to handle situations like that is why the first time I was in my car in the rain in an empty space with no one around, I intentionally engaged abs, slid my car around, spun the tires etc. when you know what a bad thing feels like you can much better be prepared to handle it.

[@slowburner2230]

feeling kinda cute today, might get a siren for my car, idk

[@teathomas]

Seriously seems like a useful thing tbh

[@michaelking3327]

just be aware, they're illegal to use normally in almost every state.

[@KimonFrousios]

​@@michaelking3327 And in almost every country. Even authorized emergency vehicles are often not allowed to use their siren in an unauthorized way.

[@elenasullivan4522]

I totally love that for you. Such an aesthetic.

[@slowburner2230]

@@elenasullivan4522 thanks lol

[@bur1t0]

One of the first things they taught us in mechanic school, was that the most important control in a vehicle is not the steering wheel, it's the brake.

[@mikethundercloud8097]

You're very lucky to have had that issue in an overpopulated area. I cancelled my AAA after two instances where they couldn't help. I had a blow out, and found that one of the lugs on the blown tire wheel rim wasn't the same size as the spare tire wrench the vehicle's OEM provided. So I couldn't remove the tire to switch to a spare myself. All I needed was a 4-way tire iron. Over an hour later AAA still had done nothing. The nearest provider apparently wasn't monitoring their Tow-Phone, and the next nearest was too busy because of accidents. I had to call a non-AAA towing service on my own, but before they got there, thankfully Iowa State Patrol came to the rescue, as they had a 4-way iron. Did all the work for the spare too! I'll save myself a few hundred bucks a year and just handle it myself when I can, or google a local towing service instead. The other time my fuel tank sensor went belly up, and my guestimate of how much I had left was wrong so I ran out of fuel. The City Police ordered a tow-truck to move me before AAA could get some fuel out to my location! This was in a major Metropolis too! No thanks, AAA isn't worth it when you're usually capable of doing most stuff on your own.

[@himaro101]

My biggest black ice moment was driving my old Ford Moneo (it's a sedan, so not huge, but not small either) down a British country lane that had bad camber issues all over it. Turned to the right on a corner where it slopes down to the left and lost all traction at about 40mph. Managed to keep the front wheels point in the right direction and when they found traction, they just went as if nothing had happened. Rear did come off the road a little but soon fell back in line. Thank god I didn't smack on the brakes.

[@iitstre_4550]

Took the Kentucky State Police defensive driving course before I got my license. It has successfully saved me on 3 separate occasions involving ice and 2 more with idiots barreling toward me. I then joined the Army and BCT skills I learned have assisted me in normal daily operations. Gotta say if you can go to any kind of driver training or stunt training, Any kind of safety trainings. DO IT!

[@coreyg7255]

Having grown up and learned to drive in Northern Minnesota, winter driving skills were ingrained early. Dad was a state trooper, too, so I learned from a pro. Driving on a frozen lake, in a 68 Plymouth, with junkyard tires, doing 1/2 mile diameter donuts, taught me well. I actually enjoy driving in winter conditions, and those lessons have paid dividends many times over.

[@ericbnielsen]

I grew up in Northern Mn about a mile from Canada. Once he knew the ice was thick enough my dad took me and my sister out on our gravel pit lake and we practiced getting out of fish tailing. I have used that training many times.

[@d34dR0d3n7]

The balls of steel to be confident and even "looking forward" to black ice in a Rover... Though, I was the same in my "Rabbit" ('91 Civic hatch...gods I miss that car, wish I had rebuilt the engine before it was too far gone). It really helps to know your vehicle when in bad situations. I had times I ended up sideways at traffic lights, but still not in the cross. Went over foggy/iced mountain roads at inadvisable speeds and loved every moment. Because I knew the car and what could and couldn't do. Your training had to be an incredible help, but I doubt would have ended the same if it happened on, say, a test drive. /not throwing shade, of course! Love ya Adam! otherwise I wouldn't have typed

[@kutsen39]

I absolutely love your steering knuckle anecdote, and I'll offer my own bit of advice: for those of us who don't have a siren on our cars, you could try hitting your horn repeatedly to the tune of three shorts, three longs, three shorts. Pause, then repeat. That's an SOS, and it's pretty universally known as a cry for help. Might take a sec, but people should understand what it means

[@JeanLucCanas]

Wow, what an amazing story! I remember a few years back I was driving on the highway after it had drizzled the night before. I felt my car start turning with no input from me. I didn't know what to do so I tensed up and tryed to control and stop the car but to no avail! Once, twice, tree times a lady, me and my car spun narrowly avoiding a street light. I was just about to get to an overpass when I flew off the road down the hill where my car and I landed safely. I was shaken and scared to the point of crying. No one I called answered the phone so I checked and luckily the car was just fine. I was able to drive home safely. Needless to say, we got new tires for that car the next day...

[@TONOCLAY]

I love when the roads getting snowy/icy. I always push the car past its limits and go into slides/drifts constantly when taking turns. Its the only time I truly have fun on the roads anymore.

[@timreddington9386]

Maybe 7 years ago hit black ice at night in the no cell service section of RT63 just north of Amherst, MA in my old S10 Blazer doing maaaaaybe 55-60mph. Fishtailed for about half a mile and levelled it out. What a time to still be alive.

[@wienerguy7822]

it's cool that if you practice all the fun (sometimes illegal) stuff in a car or on a motorcycle, it can end up saving your life as you have far greater control over your vehicle. all my reckless driving (that i don't do anymore) on my bike has taught skills like braking hard or while leaning or losing traction in the rear and it's definitely saved my life more than a few times.

[@onepawatatime7925]

So happy the first time I hit black ice as a teenage driver was in a parking lot. Was basically able to teach myself black ice driving in slow mo. Has saved my butt so many times! Also, remember people, if you can’t avoid hitting something it’s better to hit it square on. Cars are made to take frontal impact in the engine compartment! If you swerve and get hit on the side it can be much worse, or you will roll. Trust me, I wouldn’t be hear if I didn’t trust my gut and skill to just hit it square.

[@abnerpgonz]

Adam has one of the greatest qualities i think we all strive to have, that is no matter what day or time it is, Adam is always so excited to talk to everyone!!! Always in affable mood! I could not think of a better person to inspire our youth to find a love in science!! I was one of those youth so I would know!!! Thank you So much Adam for being who you are and doing what you do!

[@Stormynormy42]

Working in pizza delivery as a 19 year old, with a 2004 chevy impala, we had a snow/ice storm that shut our town down for about a week. During that time, only myself, one other driver, and the manager that lived behind the store could get to work, and everywhere other than pizza delivery was shut down. We had the roads to ourselves, for the most part, and I learned every patch of ice in our area, and would purposely get my car sideways, sometimes for fun and to learn better how ,you car reacted, and in other places to legitimately make speed. Also, one of my first times driving with my permit was on some winding mountain roads in Tennessee, after a January snowstorm, with my whole family in the car. Ended up with an oncoming semi in my lane on some switchbacks and threaded the needle perfectly between them and the guardrail while my mom and sister screamed and my dad held on tightly. I've always been pretty good in winter conditions for a Georgia boy lol

[@blueboigaming5189]

That finale destroying all those pieces of Mythbusters history still breaks my heart. Surely that must hurt a little breaking all those things you put so much time into.

[@jmalmsten]

On the note about the illegal sirens... I am pretty sure that the whole point of the car horn at one point was to alert people of danger like this. But nowadays all people use it for is to vent frustration and tell the vehicle in front of them to move faster (which is pretty much the exact opposite of what the horn was supposed to signal, and it's pretty much pointless in traffic jams as honking don't do anything productive). But yeah, in a situation like was described here. If you have a siren. Might as well use it to get out of traffic as safely as possible. Legalities are usually something to be dealt with after the emergency is over.

[@TheRavenCoder]

If you don't have a siren, laying on your horn in medium duration rhythmic bursts can be effective. It's an odd enough pattern to get the attention of other drivers and let them know that something isn't quite right.

[@scooterkid01]

As an avid car enthusiast and been through similar sketchy situations I can totally relate, the amount of time I've taught myself and being taught by others to be able to loose traction and regain traction and control of a vehicle has paid off an will continue to pay off as I'll never stop learning and improving my driving skills. I also understand the thrill of losing traction and then seemingly want to do that again although immature.

[@darylh8657]

1) I was coming down from Mt. Baker, when I lost traction in a curve and did a 360. Having learned driving in Ontario winters, it was no problem steering into the turn and ending up straight in my lane. I was thinking, "that was fun", but my passengers were not amused at all. 2) Your story about driving the truck using the signs on the side is what pilots do every day when landing and losing sight of the runway. They use their peripheral vision to track straight. Some call it the "Lindbergh maneuver". 3) When your Land Cruiser lost steering, you were able to steer by accelerating/braking. That's using torque-steering, also known as P-factor. Even though your front wheels weren't being driven by the motor, they change angular velocity by being driven from the road and precess (move side-to-side), giving you a modicum of control.

[@jasonpeace1991]

I had a really nasty moment on my honda deauville motorcycle in snow once I was driving home from work and snow had started coming down during the day just enough to start settling on the road and I was approaching a roundabout I pulled onto the roundabout as normal (just slower due to snow) and the back wheel started coming round and I remembered my instructors words "don't panic, don't brake and don't freeze" I kept the engine turning as it will help your balance and was fluid with the bike only made minor corrections only and I ended up going round the roundabout sideways and luckily I got grip before I ran out of luck and safely got off the roundabout. Its one thing losing traction with 4 wheels another thing with 2 wheels and balance thrown in the mix

[@williamgallop9425]

In 1967 finnish rally driver Timo Makinen was driving his Morris Mini in rally when car's bonnet came open. Even so, he still was third fastest in that special stage

[@thecloneguyz]

I also bought run for that plastic donut inserts to go underneath the tire & Bolt directly to the rim and this is to avoid a front tire blowout

[@CallToStripes]

This is why I'm a huge advocate for better driver testing/training for everyone. Advanced driving skills can absolutely save lives and make everyone better drivers if they understand how to handle a car and regain control in the event of loss of control

[@daevien]

Many many years ago, a friend and I were heading to his house during some bad winter weather only a few months after he got his full license. Along the way, we had picked up his father as well (reason why is forgotten to time now). As we leave the highway, we end up doing 360 turn on the offramp due to black ice. Friend has white knuckles, his father who is usually pretty quiet and calm just speaks up from back seat: "Well, I guess paying for those driving lessons was worth it after all"

[@tigershirew7409]

Wow, my dad had the same thing happen with the steering on one of our old work vehicles eons ago. He was fortunate that he was already coming to a stop at a red light when it gave way and our vehicles front tires immediately pitched to the right on their own. I cannot image what would have happened had he been speeding as he was intending to make a left turn at that light. It's a very busy intersection. So scary when stuff like that happens. Good on you for your training and solution!

[@timcarder2170]

I had a similar situation to your black ice story. One (Ontario) winter back in the 90's I was driving a big boat of a station wagon. (cant remember what kind...but it had the fold down rear facing double seats in the back), and was going down a steep grade with a bend, And no guard rails, with probably good 25, or 30 foot drop. Had my stepson, and daughter with me at the time. Wasn't a long stretch, maybe just under half a mile, but as I said, steep, and as I started approaching the bend (wasn't even doing the 50km speed limit), the whole car started to drift, with the rear end swinging towards, the edge. Like you said, I had multiple potential issues and solves run through my head in only a second or two, when I remembered something my dad had told me. (Before he retired, he drove big rig for years, then heavy equipment, and road sanders/snowplows ) And when I was teen, he would always give me and my brother driving tips, and teach us road manners, (like when a big rig goes past you and is signaling to pull into the lane in front of you, give your headlights a couple quick flashes, to let the trucker know when it's safe, and he has room to pull in. They usually blink their trailer lights to say thanks) But I digress. After sliding a couple seconds, I remembered one of dads tips; *"Do NOT touch the brakes or gas pedal, put car in neutral, and GENTLY steer into the slide, then back when you feel it start to regain traction as it slows. Once you've got control again, you can slip it back into gear, or pull over, and check your underwear."* I was still on the hill, so instead of stopping, I kept going to our destination, with the kids never knowing how close we had come to going off the road. They just thought I did the slide on purpose. :-)

[@scottcates]

Superb storytelling. What an experience to have when the steering failed and the reactions to deal with it. Nice!

[@JayneCobb88]

Had a trailer hitch snap hauling 6,000 lbs roughly. Honked in an odd pattern to get attention, slowly moved to the left, kept my tension on the safety chains with just enough gas while also slowing down The key to surviving most anything is calm. Assess the situation in 1 or 2 seconds and then act. Survived narly winter roads, a run away truck, run away trailer, a sinking vessel, a badger attack, Afghanistan twice and a primary parachute failure. Keep calm and breathe so you can keep on breathing

[@christopherpardell4418]

I once found myself passing 7 cars in a row on a rural road, because I had a car that Could. ( 2005 Audi TT ) When I pulled in front the the last car just as the passing stripping ended, I crested a rise and was immediately faced with 6 very sharp switchback curves as the road went down into a hidden arroyo. And I was doing 127mph with no time to slow down. Luckily, i had just finished the Audi Driving School- where they had spent hours drilling into my head how a car holds the road and how tires and brakes effect road holding and thrust. That instruction fresh in my mind I did exactly as they had told me to do and trusted the TT to hold the curves. Just the first curve at 125. Braked for exactly 1 second and hit the second at 118. Braked for 3 seconds before hitting the third at 102...and so on until I came out of the final curve at around 85... and had a straightaway to get back down to the proper speed. If I hadn’t had that training... I almost certainly would have slid that car off those hairpin turns. And I know I hit 127 passing because in that model TT there’s a governor that limits your top speed and if it kicks in, the dash info screen flashes that speed until you turn the car off and turn it back on. That was also the last time I ever did something that stupid in that car, just because it could.

[@PamMark127]

Many years ago, I was heading back to college with my dad driving us in his beat up pick-up truck. We were heading downhill on a rural road, (Rt. 97 towards Westminster, Md.). It was a Sunday afternoon so lucky for us, we were the only ones on that stretch of road. I'm half nodding off when my Dad quietly says, uh-oh, hold on ... but he didn't say why. Probably so I wouldn't freak out. I didn't even realize we had a problem until I saw him start tapping the brake for some reason. He had completely lost steering (same thing that happened to Adam's verhicle). We started drifting over the center line to the left because we had been heading down a long, winding, incline around a hill, so he had been steering slightly left when it broke. All Dad could do was gently slow us down as we drifted for what seemed like an eternity across the wrong side of the road. I thought for certain we were going to have a head-on collision. Then I worried we might not stop in time and keep going over the guardrail and into the deep ravine. Thankfully, Dad was smart enough not to brake too much, too soon until our truck was closer to the shoulder. Once we were completely on the gravel and off the road, he slowed to a stop, braked, threw it in park, smiled at me and laughed as if say, see ... no big deal! Thank goodness we were able to drift all the way over and weren't left sitting in the middle of the road. Not a minute later, a car came zipping around the turn in the lane we had just crossed. We were so incredibly lucky! I had a newfound respect for my dad's driving skills, his quick thinking and his ability to stay stone cold calm in such a scary situation.

[@Joshuawelds]

Here's a tip: If you suddenly notice your car Is overheating while you're moving in the freeway for example, DONT give in to the urge of shutting of the engine immediately. The first time my car overheated I was on the highway and I just shut the motor off to try and save it. What I dint realize was that i essentially also shut down my power steering AND my brake booster as well all at the same time compounding one problem into three now. Never forgot that adrenaline rush of trying to make it to the side with no gas, brakes or steering all at the same time....

[@andyrobson7686]

Great stories! Both made me go "Whew!" for you at the end. I hit ice under snow once in my Jeep Wrangler and lost control on a back road (thankfully few cars were on it) and ended up across the left lane, down and up a ditch and through a barb wire fence. I found only a few scratches on the Jeep after my heart rate & breathing got back near normal. Wish I'd had your training. BTW, as long as you keep at 35 mph or above in a Wrangler, with the top down, you won't get wet in the rain.

[@krzysztofmazurkiewicz5270]

Gah! The last story reminded me when i was still young and my bike started to behave weirdly. I managed to stop and the i found out that my fork broke just inside the sleeve where it connects to the handle bar. When i stopped and tried to pick it up to see is it loose it just went out from the sleeve leaving other half all alone. Difference there was obviously speed and i was on a local road with no traffic. I also noticed how much body balance also acts on the way a bike rides (used to do alot of handless driving back then). But i do not recommend that expirience ;)

[@je2231]

I love this. Part of a lot of MA driving schools is doing a skid pan a few times. I feel the wheels lose grip and just get ready to recover. I drove my friends shitty van in TX when it was icey and she was freaking out while I was kinda having fun when we hit black ice.

[@antivanti]

Controlling the car on slippery surface (fwd and rwd) regaining control and doing breaking and avoiding in those conditions is training you need to do in order to get your license in Sweden. Most people forget it quite quickly tho since it is just one hour. Especially in the south where they don't have icy roads for months every winter. I always encourage people to find an empty snowy parking lot and do some skids just to know how their car behaves when they lose traction.

[@maverickloggins5470]

When I have kids who begin to drive, I’ve always known that the first thing I’ll do when I’m able is take them to a snowy parking lot and let them drift around and lock the brakes up and just mess around. It really is just messing around, but there’s no replacement for that instinctual ability to know what a car is doing that ONLY comes from experience. Simulators with wheels can help, but the G forces and feeling the tire deflection and everything else matters a lot too.

[@Studio23Media]

Riding fourwheelers from the age of 8 has saved my ass multiple times driving on the roads. My driving instructor even asked me in drivers ed "Do you ride fourwheelers?" as he could tell I had experience just by the way I handled the car. I still practice driving in the snow and ice, in both my car and on the fourwheeler.

[@thorjelly]

My dad thought it was a good idea to teach me to drive in the harsh winters of upstate new york, under the logic that if I could drive in those conditions I could drive anywhere. I hit black ice, immediately spun out, and I haven't touched a steering wheel since. Thank you, dad, for introducing me to driving under the worst conditions and thus teaching me that I never want to drive. :)

[@andrewreiter5664]

Sounds like the most important thing Adam learned about dangerous scenarios was to keep a level head and quickly assess the situation. Great advice we all should remember.

[@wolfloling1369]

Black ice is scary as hell. I've rolled a car because of that stuff.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

I am not ashamed to say that my man crush for Adam Savage is real. As a creative person for the last 50+ years it's great to know you exist. 😁

[@Probly_a_sweet_potato]

I had never driven on a freeway OR anywhere with ice or snow. I had to break hard on an icy freeway in heavy traffic once. I was going maybe 60km/h. I felt the car go, I hit the breaks, the steering locked up, and I slid for about 30 -40 metres in a straight line until the last bit where the back of the car slid to the right, moving into the lane next to me. MIRACULOUSLY I didn’t hit anything, and no one else hit me. I eventually stopped and hit my hazards. I was blocking 2 lanes and The steering wouldn’t unlock. I could move forward and backwards, but I couldn’t turn.The traffic backed up a bit and some really nice people, who I could never thank enough, helped move my car into the emergency lane and turn it slightly. They kinda lifted and pushed until it was only in the emergency lane. The slippery road made that a little easier, and it was only a tiny car too. I got it towed, and the mechanics managed to unstick the steering, and I vowed to never drive on a wet or iced freeway again. Even driving in the rain scares the shit out of me now.

[@liammccabe05]

"So I found myself drifting across the highway with no steering... And that's when I remembered the legally questionable siren gadget I had installed in my car." Always has an obscure tool for the job, in or out of the shop. If this is not one of the most Adam Savage things we've ever heard I don't know what is🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Darwinpasta]

It's a good thing we brought the shark-repellant Batspray!