I can’t even conceptualise what happened based on this xray, all I know is it looks fucking painful.
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.
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.
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?
It’s more the tone of the commenters saying “how stupid of them!” rather than “That’s terrible and unfortunate”. Guarantee each person saying that has done something like this at one point in their life.
But I think it’s also more anticar: “Driving cars is stupid”, which tracks for Lemmy.
I bet that black circle in the upper left is a pre-fart.
Dude your leg went up your ass
That took a second to sink in how bad this would be
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.
And then he bought trucks for his family. Yes from the same company.
tell me you’re american without telling me you’re american
Is it the story about trucks, or spelling “knew” as “new”?
Or the story about a lawsuit that only makes sense when you reframe it as a florida man headline in your mind
exactly this “florida man hit himself in the head with a hammer, sued the hammer company and won a bazillion dollars” stuff
And then he new what to do next and bought his whole family hammers from the hammer company.
sounds familiar think i now that from watching the knews
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.
Ha, thank you phone autocorrect. Keeping it there though.
Sure. I am physically, morally, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually superior to everyone from anywhere else in the world.
How the fuck do you win that lawsuit? I really want to hear their arguments.
Did he win or did they settle?
That’s the real question.
It’s been almost two decades, I’m pretty sure it was a settlement though.
Just dab it with some bacitracin, take some ibuprofen, and get some sleep. You’ll be fiiiiiine.
Lol its like you were in the ER with me. After getting a $5 sling for $130 and 50¢ Tylenol for $50 they sent me home and referred me to a doctor on the far side of town who wasn’t in my network. Its almost been a month since I broke my collarbone, only abt a month of sling time left! And $617 dollars in med debt later
I didn’t know my GP was on Lemmy
No fixing stupid. Seeing this every now and then.
God I thought I was nuts when i saw a face too
Hell, I bruised my hip bone once at a martial arts seminar. The next-level pain I felt from just that make me worry for when I’m dumber/older and need a replacement.
Looking at trending, it’s 50-50 I’ll be fine into my 80s or be 4-joints-bionic by 70. Nothing in-between.
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.
Yeah, one of my college roommates knew a girl that died in a similar way. Feet on dash, air bag deploy, knees pulverized brain.
That sux.
Meanwhile I see kids doing this all the time while mom or dad looks at their phone behind the wheel. I do live in a redneck area*, though.
*the USA.
Right? People kinda willfully forget anywhere that isn’t a major metropolutan area has a possibility of being the redneck type of rural, and that’s not even exclusive to the USA.
Whenever anyone does this in my car I check if I’m clear of other cars and slam on my brakes sending then under the dash.
They always get the message.
And I will keep doing it.
Oh look. They pooped their femur!
People really need to stop putting weird things up their asses.
it came from within .
Better than having your kneecaps in your teeth.
Don’t fucking kick your legs up in a car what the fuck you’re in a high speed vehicle that can crash at any moment resting legs near an air bag???
this person couldved had his femur in his intestines from the looks of it.
How am I going to look cool and be comfortable though.
