Why you should never put your feet on the dash
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Why you should never put your feet on the dash This is why you keep your feet off of the dashboard when riding in the passenger seat of a vehicle! Passenger feet are seen on dashboards everyday, but would that be the case if we understood the real dangers associated with ‘resting their legs’?... Read story Engineers and data scientists at the Road and Maritime Services Crashlab have previously demonstrated this dangerous trend back in 2017 at the purpose-built facility located at Huntingwood in Sydney’s western suburbs. The conducted crash simulation shows a Holden Commodore impacting the wall at 70km/h which deploys the front passenger airbag, pushing the dummy’s feet back into her face. On closer inspection of the simulation you can see that it is actually the seat belt that causes bulk of the damage, having the feet up on the dashboard has caused the dummy to slip down underneath the belt which means the internal organs have borne the brunt of impact. According to Dr John...