Abstract: The invention provides vehicle window-shattering (or dicing) systems and apparatuses that enable a vehicle occupant to escape a vehicle in the event of an emergency, particularly when a door or other means of escape is inoperable or undesirable. One embodiment of the invention is a system for dicing vehicle glass that provides a user interface, a propulsion system, and a vehicle glass-dicing tip whereby the propulsion system enables the tip to impact a vehicle window with a force sufficient to dice or shatter the vehicle window.