• Akasazh@feddit.nl
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    8 days ago

    As horrific as this is, it feels a bit over cautious. There’s quite many horrific accident pics to be found that could be used to say ‘never in your life get into a car’.

    In the many years that I’ve been driving I’ve never collided with another car. The amount of time I’ve sat in a car with my legs on the dashboard is even smaller, as it’s not particularly comfortable.That doesn’t mean accidents don’t happen, but the statistical risk of this particular incident happening is rather small.

    There’s really a lot more things that are statistically more dangerous than this, that people still do on a daily basis like standing on a ladder or playing sports.

  • It can literally Kill you! Even a lower speed accident. I took care of a patient who’s leg was shattered and it cut her femoral artery into a couple pieces.

    DEAD! Just by hanging her bare feet outside the front passenger window across the edge of the dashboard. Air bag deployed. The END.

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      7 days ago

      Yeah, one of my college roommates knew a girl that died in a similar way. Feet on dash, air bag deploy, knees pulverized brain.

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    Of the many broken bones I’ve had, a snapped femur is one. The damage it did means I’m never walking without a limp or running at nearly the pace I could. All it did was compound above the knee. This is permanent massive life changing damage. That bone absolutely destroys all the critical muscle groups, blood vessels, and massive nervous system that flows down to your lower half.

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    8 days ago

    Oh jesus fucking christ that actually made me wince. Do they make full-body cups that I can wear so this absolutely never happens to me?

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      Basically its the application of an airbag upon a human body positioned in a way no vehicle was ever designed to accommodate forcing the body to bend in half in ways it shouldn’t. Basically, never put your legs over the airbags while in a moving car and you’ll probably never suffer injuries like this

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    8 days ago

    New a guy who did that, well had his foot out the window of his truck, rolled it, shattered and crushed his leg. He sued to truck company… And won. (Or at least settled)

    And then he bought trucks for his family. Yes from the same company.

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          Or the story about a lawsuit that only makes sense when you reframe it as a florida man headline in your mind

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            8 days ago

            exactly this “florida man hit himself in the head with a hammer, sued the hammer company and won a bazillion dollars” stuff

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              Frivolous lawsuits are mostly a fake thing McDonald’s convinced the public of so they wouldn’t have to pay medical bill for someone after serving coffee that was way too hot. The reason for most big payouts for injuries is because the medical system is broken.

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    8 days ago

    Not to be all prudish or anything, but this made my stomach turn seeing it. IDK if tagging it would help but at least I would have been mentally braced for it.

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      7 days ago

      I felt the same way but also the shock value of the PSA might just save someone too. It’s definitely a gray area this time around, I think.

      I’m glad it’s just the xray at least.

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      7 days ago

      I assume some kind of force – airbag or emergency brake – slammed their legs into their body, dislocated the hip joint and pushed the femur sideways and into their pelvis.