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You miss my point. I'm not talking about a limited single position wherein you might be restrained. I mean a scenario, something that might be plausible enough to justify the extra expense and chance of failure. An example would be German paratroopers carrying gravity knives to cut themselves out of tangled lines. You cannot move much in a situation like that, and a knife that is openable with minimum movement is handy. This ignores the fact that said knife is probably not in hand when the incident occurs, but that's another argument.
The idea that someone might be restraining my wrist is insufficient motivation. In the first case, it is just not all that likely that someone is going to get to your wrist when your knife is in your hand. Secondly, the automatic that I own is too weak to punch through anything on opening, and a wrist restrain like you are thinking has a very high chance of obscuring the exit of the blade.
What I am looking for is, in essence, an occupational need for an automatic. I want to say that they are somewhat popular with SWAT/Entry Teams, from what I hear. That would be something of an occupational need, though I still see a thumb stud knife being virtually as effective and a LOT more reliable.
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