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I understand what you are saying here, but I think you're missing something. Maybe it's a 3rd item. If you are unconscious in your burning car, how long it takes YOU to get out of your own car is irrelevant, as you won't even be trying. But YOU are the only one who knows all of the ways in which you are tethered to the car. The workers will not know.
So, you have to look at this from a worker's point of view, and this is where the single point of release rule probably comes. The worker will approach the car, release the net (because it's in his way), and THEN try to release the driver from the car. It is here that a single point of release is important. I'd argue that the drink tubes, radio cords, etc, are red herrings. Those are designed (maybe there should be a separate rule) to release just by pulling. As the worker pulls the driver out, those things should disconnect.
But the worker wants one single point of release (after the net), and doesn't want to have to hunt around for other ways that the driver might be attached.
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Excelent point Josh but I don't agree that all of the extra non-H&N "attachments" are red herrings. Granted your generic radio connection would most likely separate while the driver was heading away from the smoking hulk but I can't imagine how much force would be required to cause the tubes for my cool shirt to separate without using their two integrated releases. Given that those cooling tubes enter the crotch of my suit down in the dark recesses of the seat, I'd say they are much more of a concern than the releases on my Isaac which are in plain sight.