“Body folded in half and pelvis snapped”… I put my foot on the car ‘here’ and this terrible thing happened

A doctor warned that the act of putting your feet on the dashboard to make yourself comfortable in the passenger seat of a car can have very dangerous consequences. People with their feet on the dashboard can be seen a lot in cars going back and forth during the Chuseok holiday when the mass migration begins. In situations where an accident can occur at any time, you should avoid putting your feet on the dashboard as much as possible.

According to the British media Wales Online, Arthur Joostra, a doctor at the British NHS (National Health Service), shared some things you should never do based on his experience working in the emergency room. One of them is to sit in the front seat of a car and put your feet on the dashboard. He warned that this posture can lead to serious injuries in the event of a collision.

In a video shared on TikTok, he poses with his feet up on the dashboard and warns, “Please don’t sit like this in the front seat of a car,” adding, “First of all, no one wants to see your feet at a traffic light, and secondly, if you have an accident and the airbag deploys, you could be folded in half.”

In fact, in 2017, experts at Australia’s Road and Maritime Services Crashlab simulated what could happen in a crash like this.

The results showed that when the car hit the wall at 70 km/h (43.5 mph), the airbag deployed, folding the mannequin’s legs toward its face. The mannequin also slid under the seat belt, causing major damage to the belt. The researchers explained that this could potentially cause internal organ injuries such as a ruptured intestine, a ruptured aorta, and a fractured spine.

In 2020, a police officer named Ian Price shared an X-ray to highlight the dangers of putting your feet on the dashboard. The X-ray showed that the victim’s pelvis was completely dislocated and the other leg was fractured. The woman also suffered multiple fractures to her legs.