Propping your legs up on a vehicle’s dashboard could break your body for life. Airbags deploy at between 100 and 220 miles per hour, and could “send your knees through your eye sockets†in the event of a crash, Tennessee’s Chattanooga Fire Department warns.
The message, one the department shared last year, too, is a frightening one that a Georgia woman is all too familiar with.
Two years ago, Audra Tatum had her legs crossed with one foot on the dashboard when she was involved in a crash that deployed the airbag, sending her foot into her face, CBS News reports.
“The airbag went off, throwing my foot up and breaking my nose,†Tatum, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, told CBS. “I was looking at the bottom of my foot facing up at me.â€
Besides her nose, Tatum broke her ankle, femur and arm, telling CBS she still walks with a limp and can’t stand more than 4 hours at a time.
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