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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • 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.



  • 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.