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I broke my hip bone a month ago and have to be robocop for the rest of my life... Can't imagine the pain this person felt.
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What are you talking about?
"I've never got into a crash, so go ahead and put your feet up on the dash if you like because people get injured from ladder falls and sports."
First of all, and this is an issue I'm trying to impress on my 7 year old too, no one intends to have an accident, that's why it's called and accident. Just because you've never been in a car collision doesn't mean it won't happen.
Then, in the event that a collision does happen, you really don't want your feet up because it will be worse. What may have been some heavy bruising to your face and chest turned into one shattered femur and one ripped right out of your hip.
That's the lesson, and it's not "over cautious". It's absolutely an appropriate level of caution.
Statistically how realistic is the scenario, though?
My point is that there's more urgent dangers to worry about.
I still don't understand.
It sounds like you're saying we should not be concerned with putting our feet up on the dash because we could fall off a ladder.
Don't put your feet up on the dashboard because an unlikely crash could shatter your hips.
Don't step on the top of a step ladder because a less unlikely fall could break your spine.
Why are we comparing them like it's incompatible to practice basic safety for both? Absolutely, there are many other more common dangers in the world you should guard yourself against. But not putting yourself in a position to severely worsen your injuries in the event of a car collision is one of them!
Oh I do agree that practicing basic safety is essential. Only in this case the horrible effect after the crash takes center stage over the likelihood of it happening.
This is a very common psychological effect that we are more scared the more horrendous something is, instead of how likely it is to happen.
I wonder if there even statistics on the amount of crashes involving people with their feet on the dash. But in this thread it's talked about it putting ones get in the dash is as reckless behavior, which is not really. There barely more risk of an accident putting your feet there.
There are statistics on where most accidents happen and it's most often around the house.
You're conflating the severity of the consequences to the likelihood of it happening.
The likelihood of getting in a crash is not higher if your feet are on the dash. The likelihood of your injuries being worse, way worse, is. That's the point of plenty of plenty of precautions.
Do you think seatbelts aren't necessary because they don't make you less likely to crash?
I'm not conflating it, I'm saying it's human psychology to pay more attention to the more horrible outcome, rather than to how likely a situation is to happen.