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[–]rockfire 202 points203 points ago

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I was on scene at a car rollover accident in which the only person NOT wearing their seatbelt was ejected and the car rolled over them.

I arrived shortly after the accident happened. She was so badly damaged that CPR was not an option.

It was one of my worst calls as a 17 year firefighter.

[–]Tarman83 82 points83 points ago

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I witnessed a woman rolling her SUV, not wearing her seatbelt. I tried to comfort her as she laid halfway out the window twitching , groaning and bleeding everywhere before first responders arrived. She died.

If you don't wear a seatbelt, you're a moron.

[–]LilDrumrGrl 19 points20 points ago

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When I was younger I was driving a little too fast on a dirt road and rolled an SUV down a small hill into a swamp. I was wearing my seatbelt and I was completely unharmed except that my case of CDs on the seat next to me bonked me in the head. That 12-14 second spot in time could have killed me.

A seatbelt probably saved my life. The only way to know otherwise would have been to not wear one and see how badly I would have been hurt. Wear your seatbelt, People. You never know.

[–]acello 2 points3 points ago

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I was in a rollover very similarly to this and in a very similar car (1999 ford explorer). I was NOT wearing my seat belt, nor was my friend who was also in the back, the driver though was. We all lived. My friend though was thrown out the back and cracked his bottom third vertebrae and had some bad road rash. The driver and myself only received minor bruises and scrapes. The whole scene was surreal. Please though all ways wear a seatbelt no matter what the circumstances are.

[–]Daxx22 64 points65 points ago

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CPR not an option but still alive? Jesus.

[–]rockfire 116 points117 points ago

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No, not really alive, she essentially died within 3 minutes of my arrival.

It sometimes takes a while for someone to die, even when they have suffered massive trauma.

[–]tdhftw 114 points115 points ago

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It sometimes takes a while for someone to die, even when they have suffered massive trauma.

That sentence alone should be all it takes to make people wear seat-belts.

[–]nixonrichard 17 points18 points ago

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"Seat belts? They kill more people than they save."

"That's not true, you're thinking of airbags!"

[–]marquizzo 34 points35 points ago

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Wow, that sounds awful. I've always wondered about this when watching movies, maybe you've heard of the answer:

When someone gets shot in the heart, would they immediately plummet to the floor lifeless, or would there be a few seconds of life left in them? I'd think that in real life they would still be conscious/in shock for a short time, but movies portray it as some instant life-removing effect.

[–]goots 36 points37 points ago

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Read Audie Murphy's book about when his friend got nicked in the heart by shrapnel. He jumped into a foxhole, got pale, wheezed a laugh, and slumped over.

[–]precordial_thump 16 points17 points ago

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You'd go unconscious pretty quickly. Without blood going to your brain, you pass out in seconds. Irreversible (brain) death within about 3-5 minutes with no intervention.

Try putting an effective chokehold on someone, closing off both carotid arteries, and see how quick it is.

[–]cevo70 43 points44 points ago

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Okay come here for a second?

[–]44Ridley 4 points5 points ago

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We used to do this as kids it doesn't take long at all and comes on really suddenly (don't try this at home!). I used to be passed out for only a few seconds but i'd often have weird intense dreams.

[–]lunacraz 7 points8 points ago

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wasn't this like one of those "DANGER THIS IS HOW YOUR KIDS ARE GETTING HIGH" things? like huffing cans?

[–]FightGar 2 points3 points ago

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[–]MamaGrr 1 point2 points ago

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Oh god we used to do this ALL the time. One time I did it but nothing happened so we got up to go to a friends house and I just fell over. I don't remember anything but waking up a few seconds later and all my friends are staring at me. That's the last time we did that.

[–]darth_chocolate 6 points7 points ago

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Or when someone in a movie gets shot in the brain and they just. Stop.

Falling to the floor like a ragdoll and then not moving.

In real life I imagine that someone shot through the brain would jerk and twitch horrifyingly for at least a few seconds if not minutes.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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Because of the internet I've seen a few people shot in the head. Two instances I remember vividly. In one, a man is shot in the head by a high-caliber rifle and he immediately falls to the ground as a large chunk of his brain fell out and rolled away from his body. He didn't appear to twitch or move at all. In another, a man shot himself in the temple with a pistol. He was sitting in a chair, and his whole body tensed up as blood poured from the hole for a few seconds (with a range of a foot or two.) Probably took ten seconds for his body to relax.

That scene at the end of the Deer Hunter, where Christopher Walken shoots himself in the head and blood pours from the hole like a faucet, it can happen like that.

[–]samwaytla 6 points7 points ago

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YOU COULDN'T HAVE PUT A SPOILER ALERT IN?!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Sorry! Spoiler alert:

Christopher Walken dies. The end.

[–]fishrobe 1 point2 points ago

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god, why have i seen both of those videos?

now i need to think of something else for a while.

[–]Batolemaeus 4 points5 points ago

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Yup. Kill Bill actually showed a pretty toned down version of what happens, pretty early in the movie. The bride crushes someones head with a heavy door, and you see him twitch for a while after she breaks his skull..

[–]SirKeyboardCommando 1 point2 points ago

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As a hunter, headshots on small game usually makes them twitch pretty bad. Sometimes they'll just relax and slump over, but most of the time the legs start kicking, tail starts quivering and stuff.

[–]Jigsus 1 point2 points ago

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Depends. I've see modern war videos with people getting shot in the head. Some do turn to ragdols instantly while others seem to go into seizures.

[–]Meadslosh 147 points148 points ago

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Gotta have some actual internal structures to press on, I guess. Meat and bone paste just don't do it.

[–]altergeeko 45 points46 points ago

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I'm horrified by your use of the word "paste".

[–]vinng86 2 points3 points ago

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Broken rib bones can puncture the heart and other organs if one attempts to perform CPR on these kind of victims

[–]precordial_thump 6 points7 points ago

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That's not a reason not to do CPR however. I would say close to 100% of the time we will break ribs doing CPR. Especially as the elderly are the ones getting most of the CPR

CPR is withheld when there's signs of:

Rigor

Lividity

Decomposition

Mortal injury (e.g., decapitation)

Also a valid DNR

[–]doitwithdonuts 12 points13 points ago

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TIL to withhold CPR if the victim has been decapitated.

[–]StrangeWill 7 points8 points ago

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Been doing it wrong this whole time, fuck.

[–]Killfuck_Soulshitter 4 points5 points ago

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spurt spurt spurt

Well, that can't be right!

[–]notanon 14 points15 points ago

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While that may be true in car crashes, if you're not breaking ribs while performing CPR you're most likely not doing it right.

[–]NeededANewName 11 points12 points ago

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My dad (who was a firefighter for 20+ years) always says rollovers are fairy minor accidents in relation to injury unless you aren't wearing a seatbelt... then you're dead.

[–]ThisOpenFist 1 point2 points ago*

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One summer morning when I was 15, my entire street witnessed the result of one of those fairly minor accidents in front of my house. The 17-year-old driver was ejected into the street and into the path of his rolling SUV. The impact from the SUV crushed his skull, splattering his brain all across the asphalt and leaving a massive bloodstain. He lay dead in the street in a puddle of his own fluids for five hours before the police and paramedics finished gathering evidence and decided to bag him. The stain took weeks to wash away.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/billerica/news/x21537768#axzz1bq57wPc7

Ware was not wearing his seatbelt, according to police.

[–]Womec 1 point2 points ago

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Damn, your lucky you haven't had to hose anyone out of a car. Heard stories of that, if hearing that doesn't make you wear a seatbelt/not drive crazy idk what will.

[–]in_flagrante_delicto 2 points3 points ago

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It's not so much that you hose people out of a car, but off the street. The car is just going to the junkyard where no one will see it again, but blood on a street is highly disturbing. We try to pick up as much body tissue as we can before we wash everything down.

[–]wretcheddawn 388 points389 points ago

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I've had actual people tell me that they don't wear seatbelts because they know someone that died because of wearing one. And that is possible. But for every one person that died while wearing one, there's at least 100 who's lives where saved because of one. Additionally, airbags are designed to work with seatbelts, so if you don't wear one the impact will be wrong, and it could cause more damage. It also holds you in the seat for a better, more secure driving position.

tl;dr: Wear your seatbelt. It's easy & it will save your life.

[–]bbqmachete 108 points109 points ago

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I was in a serious rollover accident four years ago. I had my seatbelt on which did save my life, yet it nearly ripped me in half. I broke my collar bone, four ribs, collapsed lung, and my entire waist is now skin grafts. I was in the hospital for almost 3 1/2 months, but its much better than never waking up in the hospital.

[–]frickindeal 67 points68 points ago

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My aunt used to work as a nurse in an ER. She said when accident victims came in they'd always know who was wearing their seatbelt because they were usually in the waiting room waiting for their friends or family members to get out of surgery, or getting a few stitches.

Glad you're alright.

[–]jeffAA 27 points28 points ago

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My step-father and my uncle were in a head-on collision with a 6ft wide concrete pillar supporting a freeway. My uncle was in the passenger seat, wearing his seat belt. He had bad injuries including internal injuries and cracked ribs. My step-father was not wearing his seat belt, and he's not with us today.

[–]wellactuallyhmm 46 points47 points ago

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They could probably also tell because people wearing seatbelts in serious accidents have a "seatbelt sign" as opposed to serious head trauma.

[–]cdskip 27 points28 points ago

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Ouch, but yeah, small fuckin' price to pay.

[–]ThomFromVeronaBeach 6 points7 points ago

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Maybe that becomes a thing of the past when inflatable seatbelts become commercially available?

[–]wellactuallyhmm 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, I've actually speculated before that we would end up with just airbag like systems. These make perfect sense.

[–]petitepoupee 29 points30 points ago

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Yep, I know people that got lacerated organs from seatbelts. Yet, without the seatbelt they would be dead!

[–]NuM3R1K 37 points38 points ago

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A short friend of mine (she's about 5'-2") claims she doesn't wear a seatbelt because of fear that the height and the sharp edge of the shoulder belt could decapitate her. My response, "Why not use one of those $5 seatbelt shoulder pads you can buy at O'Reilly?"

This "reason" she gave was after she got in a serious car accident about a month ago while not wearing her seatbelt. She hit another car head-on, slid into the floorboard of her car, and broke both of her legs. She's lucky to be alive, and she's hoping to be out of the wheelchair by Christmas.

[–]cjbest 23 points24 points ago

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I'm glad she survived. I am 5' 1", 105 lbs. I never go without my seatbelt. Someone ran a red light and totaled our car. I ended up with a broken sternum, not from the seatbelt, but from the airbag. My husband, who was driving, had second degree burns on his arms from the explosion of the airbag in the steering column. Without these safety features, however, we would not have survived the crash. Head on, 80km per hour. Other guy didn't even brake. Thank you Honda engineers.

[–]Womec 15 points16 points ago

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You should see all the math behind engineering safely features, and the endless test and simulations they put them through, I feel like if more people saw the effort and cleverness put into seat belts and airbags they might use them more, rather than ignoring them.

Not using a seatbelt is like an engineer(engineers are basically doctors for mechanical things, so you could replace with doctor) saying hey this thing can save your life I made it just for you <3 <3, and then telling this person who studied the science behind it for years of their life that it is stupid and won't save your life and your not going to use it. :(

[–]tehaleks 1 point2 points ago

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So, this comment is unrelated to height but your thanking the car for your survival reminded me of this.

People at the end of the street always drive too fast and there is an unused old shop at the corner there. It's been hit so many times by people flying off the road into it (maybe that's why they closed). Anyway, one guy flipped his truck multiple times and mowed down the fence and ran into the side of the shop. We were out there by the time the paramedics were there. His car was a total mess, but the paramedics had him laying down, then with a neck brace, he stood up and walked to the ambulance.

My BF said to me, "Whatever car he was driving that allowed him to walk away from that mess, he should probably buy again. And us, too."

[–]wretcheddawn 49 points50 points ago

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Even if that where possible, if there's enough force for the cloth seatbelt to decapitate her, she'd be dead no matter what.

[–]NuM3R1K 26 points27 points ago

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I know, that was pretty much my argument to her. If the force of impact was hard enough to decapitate someone, it probably would've given her sufficient internal trauma to make surviving near impossible anyways. Her anecdotal evidence for this is an uncle (who is also short) that got into a car wreck and got a cut on the side of his neck from his seatbelt. Hmmm, cut on my neck or two broken legs, which one would I rather have....

[–]rockfire 24 points25 points ago

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Happens to pretty much everyone. Lots of people get neck hickies from the seatbelts, I've seen car accident victims from 4' children to 6'6" men. - 17 year firefighter/paramedic

[–]pearlysweetcake 9 points10 points ago

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Yuuup, when I was 10 I was in a car accident - I was wearing my seatbelt and got a nasty burn from it (looked like a strip of bacon across my shoulder), but it was better than the alternative - my dad was not wearing his, and luckily he's so tall he just smashed his head on the sun visor, but I would have been just the right height to go out the front window, head first.

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[–]nivanbotemill 17 points18 points ago

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Yet another victim of flower power

[–]werddrew 15 points16 points ago

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Wait, so she STILL thinks she shouldn't wear a seatbelt even AFTER breaking both of her legs in a car accident...because she wasn't wearing her seatbelt?

[–]NuM3R1K 7 points8 points ago

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That was her rationale for not wearing it at the time. I hope that maybe I talked a little sense into her with my own seatbelt survival stories and she might change her behavior.

[–]werddrew 4 points5 points ago

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But this was before or after the whole "broken legs" portion of this story.

Like, was she sitting in a wheelchair with injuries caused by not wearing her seatbelt in a car accident and saying, "I won't wear a seatbelt."

[–]NuM3R1K 6 points7 points ago

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This conversation was after the accident and that was just her excuse for not wearing it at the time. After her experience I think/hope she will be wearing one from now on. She seemed to understand and be open to the idea that had she been wearing her seatbelt she probably would've been less seriously injured. That said, people can be stubborn creatures of habit so you never know. I'd imagine that spending several months confined to a wheelchair would be enough to cause her to reevaluate her current driving safety habits, though.

[–]gerusz 3 points4 points ago

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I see a lamp post and some natural selection in her future...

[–]mfkap 1 point2 points ago

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At least she kept her head!

[–]M0b1u5 32 points33 points ago

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Bad guess.

My dad's thesis was on the wearing of seatbelts. For every injury caused by a seatbelt, there are over 21,000 injuries prevented.

He used to take me to car crashes before I turned 15 (and got my full licence at age 15 years and 2 days - my Birthday was on a Friday) and I can tell you with some authority, that if you fail to wear a seatbelt, what you are ACTUALLY doing is committing randomised suicide.

And the fun part is that it's likely you could survive! Survive with no face having left it embedded in the windscreen, or with no legs as you left those embedded in the dash - or you went right through the screen, and got run over by another car.

And as you sit in the rapidly expanding pool of blood, making awful sucking sounds as you fight to breathe, and look at your tongue sitting in your lap (if you still can see anything) you'll have a little while to contemplate why you didn't fucking buckle up.

It'll take a while for the fire crew to cut you out though, and you might live long enough to even make it to hospital, and die while beingh surrounded by crying family members.

[–]rifk 10 points11 points ago

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You should be a seatbelt motivational speaker or something.

[–]butterflymcdoom 1 point2 points ago

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He used to take me to car crashes

Was/is he a Paramedic? Firefighter?

[–]mags87 57 points58 points ago

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well i know a guy who's parachute didn't open when he went skydiving and he survived so when i jump out of a plane im just not going to use one

[–]Beer_Is_So_Awesome 16 points17 points ago

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More like "My friend's uncle went skydiving and his parachute didn't deploy properly and he died, so I'm not going to wear one at all."

[–]wouldyounotlikesome 1 point2 points ago

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sounds legit.

[–]BraveSirRobin 154 points155 points ago

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Shhhh, we are stronger as a herd of we let the dummies eject themselves from rolling vehicles. It's not like under-population is an issue for humanity!

[–]wretcheddawn 53 points54 points ago

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We also have to clean up the bodies. I hate cleaning up dead bodies.

[–]reallynotnick 94 points95 points ago

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But it creates jobs!

[–]phantomgoose 60 points61 points ago

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And food!

[–]Areonis 14 points15 points ago

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No one said anything about car seats.

[–]jeffAA 13 points14 points ago

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Car seats are not food.

[–]castis 21 points22 points ago

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But it creates job openingsftfy

[–]AssumeTheFetal 2 points3 points ago

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Jobs open up suddenly and Street Scrapers job futures will look bright. Its the best of both worlds!

[–]DasKrabben 4 points5 points ago

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I'm kinda worried that you needed to specify you hate to clean up dead bodies.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

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Do you have something against nurses?

[–]superwinner 1 point2 points ago

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we are stronger as a herd of we let the drummers eject themselves

Thats how I read it.

[–]rylos 16 points17 points ago

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You can show them a hundred crash reports in the newspaper, with every death from not being buckled on, while the buckled in ones survive, and they'll still claim that a seatbelt will kill them. Fools. In my town there have been several rollover accidents this year. Always the same; in a car full of people, the ones buckled in live, often walk away from it, the ones that die were thrown out. One van full of kids rolled, all were buckled in but one. They all walked away except the girl that got squished by the van, never made it to the hospital.

[–]Patrick_M_Bateman 20 points21 points ago

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It's like the helmet idiots. My favorite are the ones who have been in an accident with a helmet (mandatory wear) and say since it's all cracked and broken it's obviously pointless. They completely miss the concept that it was the helmet that was cracked and broken instead of their skull...

[–]Judgment 10 points11 points ago

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Just switch to ensuring they've signed their organ donor cards.

[–]bejayel 3 points4 points ago

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I would like to specify DOT approved and tested helmets.

That little helmet that barely covers your head and looks like a salad bowl. I know it has a DOT sticker on it, but I guarantee it won't actually pass testing. Even if it does pass testing, the next question you have to ask yourself is "What's more important, my face or looking like a douche?"

I've taken more than enough kicked up rocks off the face shield just this summer to convince me to never use anything but a full face lid.

[–]Bandalo 2 points3 points ago

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If you're too dumb to wear a helmet, then your head isn't worth protecting in the first place. Natural selection at it's finest.

[–]slipperyfist 7 points8 points ago

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I had a friend get into a low speed head on collision in a parking lot. The seat belt caused some injury to his sternum which he complained about for years afterward (maybe it actually was still bad, maybe he was just being a baby). He started telling people he wished he hadn't worn his seat belt due to this injury. Whenever I heard him give people this advice, I would make sure to correct him. For some reason he thinks he would have been able to brace himself with his arms on the steering wheel. I tried to explain that that would be like running 20 mph the bracing yourself against a brick wall, but he just didn't get it.

[–]dietotaku 5 points6 points ago

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it's funny because he only thinks that because the seatbelt absorbed most of the inertia from the impact, so he couldn't feel exactly how much force he'd be fighting against if he did use just his arms.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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Yeah, I knew a guy who felt the same way about airbags. He was having the airbag in his car removed because "people get killed by those things!" Fucking mindblowing ignorance.

[–]teracrash 5 points6 points ago

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EMS here. Yes, I have seen broken clavicles and lacerated spleens caused directly from seat belts. Yes, I have also seen people literally ripped into two pieces at the abdomen when they were ejected and thrown into a light pole....your choice.

[–]eppursimouve 4 points5 points ago

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It's beyond me why people don't bother to wear seat belts. I fear for dear life even when I drive...mainly because I drive very aggressively. Perhaps these people should take a ride w/ me, have the fear of death instilled in them; they'll be scrambling for their belts.

[–]Ender06 1 point2 points ago

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I have a friend who does just that. All I care is that my truck stop its incessant beeping when the passenger seat belt is not on and it senses weight in the seat. He is a grown individual and can make his own life choices.

[–]Patrick_M_Bateman 1 point2 points ago

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The correct answer is "They died despite wearing a seatbelt. There's no guarantee that without a seatbelt they would've survived that crash."

[–]seacreature32 1 point2 points ago

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My sister-in-law was not wearing a seat belt because she thinks they are uncomfortable got in a serious accident. She was on the very edge of death for days, and in the hospital for months. To this day she has limited mobility due to how much this accident destroyed her skeleton. But guess what? She still won't wear her seat belt for the same reason. With some people, literally nothing will get them to wear a seat belt.

[–]TheJulie 1 point2 points ago

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The accident that kills you while you're wearing a seatbelt will almost certainly kill you if you're not.

[–]bejayel 1 point2 points ago

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Time to invent me a motorcycle seat belt. I am sure it will take off (but the rider wont!).

[–]IM_THE_DECOY 1 point2 points ago

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My sister was involved in a very low speed collision a couple years ago. She didn't have her seatbelt on and while the impact wasn't enough to really do any damage at all to her, it did deploy the air bags. As a result of her not wearing her seat belt the air bags ended up breaking her nose and causing nasal problems she has had to deal with ever since.

There was hardly any damage to the car, but because she wasn't wearing a seatbelt that little incident cost her two nasal surgeries, among other costs.

Moral of the story: Wear your damn belt. Every time.

[–]batsu 43 points44 points ago

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I love the reverse: http://reversegif.com/qtd

[–]DownHouse 25 points26 points ago

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Test Dummy Action Team! ASSEMBLE!!

[–]Imperdimper 1 point2 points ago

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Road trip everyone! Get in!

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[–]lebean 13 points14 points ago

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Can you imagine being ejected like that, and how long it would feel like you were in the air as you drifted upward, then watched the ground rush up at you? All the while thinking, "This is going to hurt sooo bad (if it doesn't kill me)".

[–]VIDGuide 1 point2 points ago

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Just because it kills you doesn't mean it won't hurt you too! :)

[–]SirDidymus 125 points126 points ago

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They see me rolling

[–]uptwolait 155 points156 points ago

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They be defenestratin'

[–]iamtimeless 47 points48 points ago

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Ejected cuz I don't be ridin with dummies

[–]kc234 1 point2 points ago

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Or surprisingly common in car accidents, they be decapitatin'

[–]theabacus 57 points58 points ago

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10 points from the Americans

9.5 points from the Chinese

8 points from the Russians

27.5 total only brings home the bronze.

[–]Rosc87 14 points15 points ago

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I also thought they were a rather impressive choreographed aerial ballet.

[–]shoziku 5 points6 points ago

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if that one guy hadn't done a crotch/hip landing, he could have nailed the gold.

[–]AbramsLullaby 8 points9 points ago

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Are you kidding? Did you see the air that guy got? That's worth at least an 8.5!

[–]TheTwist 6 points7 points ago

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The Russian judges are always hard to please.

[–]dibsODDJOB 7 points8 points ago

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In Soviet Russia, car rides on you.

[–]NeedsANewName 2 points3 points ago

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I laughed so hard I fell off my chair in the library and hit my head on the desk, shoulda wore a seatbelt.

[–]frothy_pissington 53 points54 points ago

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It was better, because they had the dummies in business casual.

Or, a SUV full of Best Buy associates coming back from a three martini lunch.

[–]GDIsteve 24 points25 points ago

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As a former Best Buy associate I can confirm that the three martini lunch is an actual thing.

[–]MikeRowPhone 11 points12 points ago

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I'm sure they were humming, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" as they crashed.

[–]goots 5 points6 points ago

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once, there was this giiiiirl whoOMG I AM HURTLING THROUGH SPACE

[–]sigma_noise 3 points4 points ago

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why am I laughing at this?

[–]MidnightTurdBurglar 1 point2 points ago

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Or, a SUV full of Best Buy associates

Not so bad watching it under this premise.

[–]lit1337 103 points104 points ago

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If you park like this, FUCK YOU!

[–]spencerclark 22 points23 points ago

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Like a glove!

[–]whyufail1 1 point2 points ago

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Oh man its been way too long since ive watched that.

[–]ToadShortage 21 points22 points ago

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My boss ran this test a few years ago. This is from a video about 9 minutes long of different angles, unfortunately there is no angle that shows exactly how high that one guy got flung. There are a couple angles from inside the vehicle though. Looks like only one dummy didn't get ejected, the one sitting in the left seat of the middle row.

[–]rasherdk 5 points6 points ago

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Get some science on this shit. Should be possible to estimate his launch speed and max altitude for some dedicated nerd?

[–]ExpiredPopsicle 4 points5 points ago

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It looks like he was in the air for about three seconds (driver's side that he's flung from is around ground-level at 23 frames, touches the ground again at 73 frames, with each frame being 60ms). At halfway through this time he probably reached the top of the arc he would follow through the air. So really the question is how far up do you have to be to fall and hit the ground in 1.5 seconds?

Acceleration due to gravity will cause you to fall about 9.8 meters per second squared, so 9.8 * 1.52 = 22.05 meters in the air (very roughly), assuming I remember enough from physics class. I could be totally wrong on some point, though. This also assumes the video is playing in real-time.

So, about 72 feet.

[–]diewhitegirls 21 points22 points ago

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I was thrown from a van that crashed into the side of a house when I was a teenager. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, but is somehow alive today and completely fine, the front passenger had both of his legs shattered and is basically a walking cyborg and BOTH OF THEM WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS and I was not. I was absolutely unharmed, except for a few scrapes and safety glass stuck under my eyelids.

So the moral of the story seems to be that seat belts=bad? Fuck that. I was stupid, I was lucky, I never turn the car on without having my seat belt clicked in.

[–]Fantasticriss 12 points13 points ago

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pronounced dead at the scene

Some good paramedics there! "Yup he's definitely dead.... better take him to the doctor just in case."

[–]rugtoad 5 points6 points ago

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I've always understood that, while things differ from state to state and country to country, typically paramedics can only pronounce death when the accident involves a sort of "unsurvivable injury"....something like decapitation or the like. But then, I'm hardly an expert on the matter...

[–]diewhitegirls 3 points4 points ago

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They thought he was dead because he was making some noise that indicated the end of life and he had a badly broken neck and the roof IN his head. They couldn't extract him and the noises stopped. He wasn't breathing anymore, but a few minute later the gurgly noises starte again and they were able to get him out.

[–]testu_nagouchi 19 points20 points ago

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Wheeeeeeeee!

[–]shoziku 12 points13 points ago

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"I can see your house from heeeeeere!"

[–]lop987 2 points3 points ago

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This one time, I was playing saints row 2. And for some unknown reason, when ever somebody died, they flew way up in the air. So of course I started running over everybody in sight. It was like the goddamn rapture. Except they eventually fell down.

All I could think the whole time was "Wheeee!". I like to think that's what the people were thinking too.

The best part was when I hit another car. The people would fly out the front and then just start floating upwards. It was like art.

[–]Wonder_Wolfen 53 points54 points ago

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I'm glad to see the ejection seats worked. Everyone got out in one piece and lives to tell the tale. Wat?

[–]tarbis 30 points31 points ago

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except for the dude in the back that the suv rolled over

[–]unclerummy 9 points10 points ago

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Poor Goose. He just wasn't meant to make it to the end with Maverick and the boys.

[–]mspax 1 point2 points ago

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At least he didn't have to fly planes full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong.

[–]Juus 16 points17 points ago

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[–]Hellrazor236 6 points7 points ago

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Look at the guy in the back! Riding the ceiling like a boss!

[–]DoctorMiracles 2 points3 points ago

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Note to self: In event of crash, grab to car ceiling and DON´T LET GO.

[–]Smut_Peddler 16 points17 points ago

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That happened to my brother in law. He got ejected from a vehicle going 80mph at the time the driver lost control.

He was flung over and away fromnthe vehicle, which landed upside down in a ditch and slid for a distance. He landed in a fallow farmers field. His spleen ruptured in two places, and his brain hit the inside of his skull causing two contusions.

His lung tore away from whatever anchors it, and promptly collapsed. He shattered his arm and shoulder.

Four counties responded to the 911 call. He was taken to a hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery to remove his spleen. He lost about 2L of blood.

He spent most of his hospital stay in a medically induced coma, on a machine that breathed for him.

Even after they woke him up, and took out the tubes, his disorientation was horrifying. We did not know if it was the brain damage or the drugs.

He did not fully emerge until halfway through rehab.

He was not wearing a seatbelt.

His friend, another passenger in the car, was. He walked away from the wreck to find my brother in law moaning in the field and called emergency services. He literally walked away.

The driver had a .23 BAC. She had shown no outward signs of intoxication.

Wear your seat belts and don't drive if you've been drinking. That shit sucks.

[–]UsagiMimi 16 points17 points ago

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I imagine this horrific scene with a car full of clowns. DEAR GOD THEY JUST KEEP COMING!

[–][deleted] 28 points29 points ago

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This should be on TV. Shortly followed by:

BUCKLE UP!

[–]Masterbrew 23 points24 points ago

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Followed by one guy unbuckling himself, crawling out of the car, brushing himself off and then doing the 'haters gonna hate' walk off the scene.

[–]44Ridley 1 point2 points ago*

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then a wild aerial shoe appears to claim his life. Tie those laces people!

[–]LORDJEW_VAN_CUNTFUCK 13 points14 points ago

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BUCKLE UP, BITCHES!

[–]blindlikeacloud 1 point2 points ago

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Spokesperson: Jesse Pinkman.

[–]YouJellyBrah 1 point2 points ago

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Every time I see your name, it makes me laugh uncontrollably, regardless of setting.

[–]ThatInternetGuy 1 point2 points ago

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[–]spacedout83 8 points9 points ago

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And people think I'm an asshole because I mandate every single passenger in my car wear a seatbelt 100% of the time. I even pulled over and nearly kicked someone out of my car once because this douchebag friend-of-a-friend kept taking his off, thinking I wouldn't notice (Little secret: I didn't give a shit about his life, I just didn't want a 200lb unsecured projectile flying around my car & possibly injuring/killing me and my friends in the event of an accident).

[–]pyro2927 7 points8 points ago

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I actually had an accident similar to this. I was driving a Ford Explorer, hit a patch of black ice, spun 90 degrees to the right, and then the ice stopped. Since there was now a large amount of friction on the lefthand side tires, it immediately flipped. I blacked out and when I woke up a few minutes later all of the windows had blown out and snow was falling through the no-longer-there moon roof. The paramedics said I would have been easily dead if I had not had my seatbelt on. Got out with just a few bruises, not even a single cut.

[–]deleteduser 7 points8 points ago

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This is the exact reason i drive my car with the wheels facing forward.

Driving it with the wheels facing sideways, although impressive, seems fairly ineffective.

[–]WildlifeAnalysis 12 points13 points ago

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Holy shit, this is way more hilarious than it should be.

[–]NuM3R1K 9 points10 points ago

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Why don't you try this on for size?

[–]Orbixx 2 points3 points ago

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The first guy who gets thrown completely vertical and out of shot gets me every time, especially when he falls back down.

[–]hairyassandballs 6 points7 points ago

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"Fuck I just bought this shirt!"

they are well dressed

[–]stevedry 7 points8 points ago

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I love the very first guy that flies out of the top of the frame, never to return. God speed, spaceman...

[–]44Ridley 2 points3 points ago

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Ground control to Major Tom..... Oh never mind here he comes

[–]chowychow 1 point2 points ago

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Actually he is the last one to land. Count them.

[–]psyanara 1 point2 points ago

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He returns near the end, on the far left.

[–]jumblebutt 5 points6 points ago

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First dude got launched! First to fly, and last to land!

[–]ME4T 6 points7 points ago

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[–]adaminc 5 points6 points ago

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"Oh no, were having an accident, let's get out of here!"

*whoa!!!!*

[–]YoureReadingThis 5 points6 points ago

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Uhhhhh I'm pretty sure all of those dummies just ESCAPED the crash. They flew right out! Safe and sound.

Guess I'll have to stop wearing my seat belt.

[–]Fantasticriss 3 points4 points ago

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cept the part where the suv rolled over two of the bodies. plus the guy who just went skydiving out of the passenger's seat

[–]YoureReadingThis 2 points3 points ago

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You mean where he flew out gracefully, was unscathed, and went out for some Italian afterwards?

And I'm sure the SUV was pretty lightweight, they're fine. Just a scratch if anything. It's just a car.

[–]thenuge26 1 point2 points ago

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I know, right!

That looks fun as hell. That one dude got sick air!

[–]mishagale 4 points5 points ago

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When I was a kid (<9 years or so) we used to go skiing every year. I used to get pretty scared on the drive up the mountain: long steep drops, hairpin bends and snow on the road. Since we did it regularly, my dad was pretty used to the drive and it seemed to me like he took those corners way too fast.

So I used to unfasten my seatbelt for the drive up, because I thought if we went over the edge, I'd be able to leap out to "safety."

TL;DR: When I was a kid, I was fucking retarded.

[–]mindaika 7 points8 points ago

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If it makes you feel better: Statistically, you'll probably die in an SUV rollover regardless of whether you are wearing a seatbelt of not. Wearing a seatbelt does reduce the relative chance of death though, and there's no negatives to wearing one.

[–]discman 3 points4 points ago

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Even with side curtain airbags?

[–]vinfx 4 points5 points ago

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Notice the bodies bounce. I have heard actual human bodies also do this.

[–]toinfinitiandbeyond 3 points4 points ago

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You could learn a lot from a Dummy.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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http://editgif.com/11429

Get in the damn car!

[–]cg4l 2 points3 points ago

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They'll be alright. 'Tis but a scratch.

[–]mfkap 2 points3 points ago

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Cept for that guy in the back. He might have a headache tomorrow.

[–]slow_worker 2 points3 points ago

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Don't know if this is true, but my brother, who was a mechanic, says he'll never own a minivan in his lifetime. (I know it isn't a minivan in the video, but bear with me).

He says that minivans are in a different safety class of vehicle than a sedan, and that only the diver and front passenger are protected in a rollover, and that the back of the minivan is considered the 'cargo' section and has less stringent safety requirements that often result, in violent rollovers such as the one in this gif, in seatbelted passengers being ejected from the vehicle.

Any redditors out there that can confirm or deny this?

[–]sjw79 5 points6 points ago

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From The New Yorker, "Big and Bad", January 12, 2004:

In the summer of 1996, the Ford Motor Company began building the Expedition, its new, full-sized S.U.V., at the Michigan Truck Plant, in the Detroit suburb of Wayne. The Expedition was essentially the F-150 pickup truck with an extra set of doors and two more rows of seats—and the fact that it was a truck was critical. Cars have to meet stringent fuel-efficiency regulations. Trucks don't. The handling and suspension and braking of cars have to be built to the demanding standards of drivers and passengers. Trucks only have to handle like, well, trucks. Cars are built with what is called unit-body construction. To be light enough to meet fuel standards and safe enough to meet safety standards, they have expensive and elaborately engineered steel skeletons, with built-in crumple zones to absorb the impact of a crash. Making a truck is a lot more rudimentary. You build a rectangular steel frame. The engine gets bolted to the front. The seats get bolted to the middle. The body gets lowered over the top. The result is heavy and rigid and not particularly safe. But it's an awfully inexpensive way to build an automobile.

So yeah, trucks aren't made to the same standard as cars.

[–]rickarino 2 points3 points ago

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MY SHOE!

[–]Vikaroo 2 points3 points ago

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I wish people would think about their dogs in this respect. It's great if you wear your seatbelt, but please buckle your dogs into place. Sticking them in the bed of a pickup just means that they're going to die if you get into an accident. If they're in your lap they'll just get crushed to death between you and your airbag, and if they're unsecured in the car then they get to fly through the windshield. Please buckle your pets up, or secure them into kennels that you secure into place.

[–]ttustudent 1 point2 points ago

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That first guy that shoots out goes crazy high! I wish there was a wide angle view of this.

[–]kiwiman40 1 point2 points ago

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if still trying to figure out where that shoe at the end originated from

[–]Jmonkeh 1 point2 points ago

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They all just look so festive with their arms up like that.

"Weeeeeee!!!"

[–]crh77 1 point2 points ago

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I'm starting to think that, depending on where you're sitting in the vehicle, a parachute might be the best thing to wear in an accident.

[–]OhNoMellon 1 point2 points ago

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But they look so happy. Just look at them flying through the air waving their arms back and forth in joy.

[–]snorlaxsnooz 1 point2 points ago

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The first dummy that flies out gets at least 6 seconds of airtime.

[–]snoozieboi 1 point2 points ago

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I like how these dummies look all dressed for a day at the office.

[–]babamcrib 1 point2 points ago

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I'm freeeeeee!

[–]Zeppelanoid 1 point2 points ago

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Like a glove

[–]EpicSanchez 1 point2 points ago

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Like a glove.

[–]Frostbite151 1 point2 points ago

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Better title : " Better tie your shoe laces"

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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True story! The older brother of my grandpa would have survived his accident if seatbelts had already been invented. He flew through the front window and broke his neck.

[–]xfire 1 point2 points ago

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I have observed that most who do not wear seatbelts, smoke cigarettes.

Darwin has a theory.

[–]Deathbymower 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, happened with a friend of mine, was thrown over an overpass that was about 30ft above him. First responders to the accident couldn't figure out where the driver/body was.

Wear your seatbelt people.

[–]FreddyDeus 1 point2 points ago

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NO! They were quite obviously thrown clear.

[–]nearly-evil 1 point2 points ago

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I never wore my seatbelt when I was younger. I went to a job interview (first real job). Got the job, was so happy when I gt into my car I put on my seatbelt. Car ran a red light, while speeding, huge SUV t-boned my car. Vague memory of firefighter or someone saying "Glad he had his seatbelt on, I am not in the mood to deal with splatter today". Apparently the car was gone from in front of where I was strapped to the car.

[–]forkandbowl 1 point2 points ago

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EMT firefighter here... ask any of us.. I have never cut the seat belts off of a dead person....

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[–]benj1623 1 point2 points ago

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the first guy was like: "Fuck this, i'm outta here! WEEEEEEEE!"

[–]CodeRedFox 1 point2 points ago

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"Pft I dont wear seat belts dude"

"You'll wear one in my car. Cause I dont want your fat unsetbelted ass to come flying at my head as your travel out the front window."

"Fine...."

[–]Phinigin 1 point2 points ago

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I love how the first to exit the vehicle is the last to land

[–]carRAMROD810 1 point2 points ago

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At first I thought they were real. Nope just crash testa dummies...

[–]TOAST2218 1 point2 points ago

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i like how the first dummy to fly out is the last one to land