Trying to be as safe as possible in a moving vehicle, both as a driver and a passenger, seems like it should be common sense. But it isn’t, knowing how many injuries happen due to reckless behaviors incars.
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Last year, a TikTok user posted a video she dubbed a public service announcement on the dangers of putting your feet on a car dashboard
We all know that staying safe in a moving car is an important thing. This goes both for the driver of the vehicle and the passengers.
If you Google tips for driving safely, you are likely to find plenty of articles with suggestions. Yet,before taking any driving advice from online listicles like this one of72 tips, a responsible driver needs to think about whether they violate traffic rules. After all, you know that you can’tblindly trusteverything that’s on the internet. So, when it comes to things like driving, critical thinking is a must.
In it, she shared that she used to like doing it herself until one time she got into a car accident
As we mentioned before, not only drivers have to be safe in a moving car – passengers too. It’s their responsibility tonot distractthe driver, give them important information, and so on. Sitting safely is also a passenger’s responsibility.
Basically, one time she was riding in a car with her feet on the dash. Suddenly, the car gotT-boned– hit from the side. And it was on the woman’s side. This caused the vehicle to roll upside down. When the TikToker woke from unconsciousness, she realized her foot was stuck between the dash and the window, which was very painful.
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During this accident, her foot got stuck between the dashboard and the window, but luckily firefighters were able to pull it out
Luckily, the firefighters were able to pull her legs out without incurable damage, but there was still some. For instance, many stuckglassshards, and broken bones, which resulted in her being put in a cast.
So, after suffering such an accident, the woman decided to make a “public service announcement” (PSA) about the dangers of putting your feet on the car dash. And she isn’t the only one speaking about it. In the video, she also mentioned seeing aTikTokwhere a mortician shared about the dangers of such an action too.
There’s more. Here, an article from 2020 talks about the same topic. There’s animageof a passenger’s right leg dislocated from the hip after a car crash, during which they had their legs on the dashboard. And it can be even worse. One can suffer a torn aorta or spinal column torn apart to name a few –paralyzing or fatalinjuries.
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She ended up in a cast, so far from the worst-case scenario, but still took it to the video platform to warn folks against putting themselves at such a risk
So, the woman isluckythat her injuries weren’t the worst-case scenario. Yet, it wasn’t a pleasant one either. We can probably be sure that since the accident she has not put her feet on the dash and never will.
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