Finding the tipping point?

freedom_in_4low said:
my drivers ed teacher drove that into my head almost 25 years ago now and as hard as it was to believe at the time I always followed it, and now my wife doesn't believe me. I suppose once she finishes school in july she'll end up taking some trauma x-rays and will learn for herself. All her clinicals so far have been in clinic type (non emergency) environments.
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I've always known and followed the thumb thing. What gets me is people riding around with their feet on the dash/airbag. :oops: I've been whopped by an airbag, they're not friendly. If one goes off with someone's legs on it, I'm sure it will fold them in half, probably at the knee.
 
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BlueC said:
I've always known and followed the thumb thing. What gets me is people riding around with their feet on the dash/airbag. :oops: I've been whopped by an airbag, they're not friendly. If one goes off with someone's legs on it, I'm sure it will fold them in half, probably at the knee.
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I have the same cringe reaction at Jeep drivers running doorless with their left foot outside the door. You take a t-bone in that position and if you don't lose the foot immediately, you'll be limping around in pain for 10 years and end up begging to have it chopped off.
 
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Apparition said:
That was my first instinct when I laid mine on its side a couple years ago. I realized how bad of an idea it was and pulled it back.
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I've got a video of me doing that exact thing. Definitely instinct to catch yourself when thrown sideways.
Mine stopped before actually tipping, but the damage was already done to my ego.
 
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P man said:
Not that I have rolled a jeep but unfortunately mime and many others first instinct would be to stick the arm out..I think in that situation is a reflex that is hard to overcome with common sense
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Time moves REALLY slow at that point....I had time to think about it on the way over.
 
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hosejockey61 said:
Time moves REALLY slow at that point....I had time to think about it in the way over.
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I was in the process of unbuckling and reaching over to open my door and run over. Waiting for you to stand up out of the passenger window still took forever.
 
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LONGJP2 said:
I've got a video of me doing that exact thing. Definitely instinct to catch yourself when thrown sideways.
Mine stopped before actually tipping, but the damage was already done to my ego.
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It felt like slow motion. And it wasn’t to stop the Jeep from going over it was because of that instant where it doesn’t feel like the seat belt is going to do what you need it to. Half doors are so low they aren’t there to stop you.
 
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Apparition said:
It felt like slow motion. And it wasn’t to stop the Jeep from going over it was because of that instant where it doesn’t feel like the seat belt is going to do what you need it to. Half doors are so low they aren’t there to stop you.
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Same for me, i pulled my hand right back in when the brain kicked after a 1/4 second.

I've never cared for half doors. But the comments about keepings legs in the jeep hit home. Hands can grab the wheel or oh shit bar.
 
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Rickyd said:
Same for me, i pulled my hand right back in when the brain kicked after a 1/4 second.

I've never cared for half doors. But the comments about keepings legs in the jeep hit home. Hands can grab the wheel or oh shit bar.
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I’m a big fan of half doors. Especially with kids.
 
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i have tipped my skid steer forward onto the bale of hay I was moving. Easy fix. I have put it on its side, a little tougher to fix. Worse part was releasing the seatbelt and falling again.
 
This felt stable in the drivers seat but the spectators were worried

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