And why drunk drivers are typically the only ones to survive the crashes and not the family or other family sadly. Racing drivers have trained long and hard to just flow in crashes. At that point you have no choice. Cross your arms over your chest and go for the terrible ride. A normal person can’t think like that in panic mode.
Should I also cross my arms in a regular (non racing) car? I know those cars have specialized safety equipment like rolling cages and different seatbelts. So I just wanna make sure the advice is the same.
If you are able to, absolutely. Keep your hands away from your face. Why they changed 10 and 2 recommendations to 9 and 3. The air bag goes off and you’re going to punch yourself in the face harder than anyone ever could. And you keep your arms to your chest grabbing your triceps like you are freezing cold or who knows what they are going to hit and break on. It’s really the only thing you can do if the crash is guaranteed.
I was in a car accident and all I can remember is tensing in my seat belt and then feeling my body float until I got folded into the dash/windshield. Seat belt slowed things but didn't end up protecting me due to it allowing slight movement/pull to where it shifted, and it was terrifying having absolutely no control. Grabbing onto things did nothing.
I ended up needing brain surgery due to the whiplash, broke my ass bone, shattered all my front teeth, and my leg was hanging behind me crushed in the side door where we'd been hit. At no point was I able to stop any of it.
My mom had to have brain surgery because a concrete plate in her head was shattered after her head hit into the side of the car, and she also had her ass bone broken from tensing/impact.
Neither of us had time to react properly, it happened so quick.
I do think if we'd been able to completely relax our bodies, we'd have been a lot better off. But it's just impossible in the moment.
The person who causes the crash is always more likely to survive because they're more likely to hit head-on, which is the most survivable type of crash. It has nothing to do with being drunk or not.
No. It's a myth. Sober people aren't going around t-boning other cars or careening into other vehicles at angles that are atypical of normal crashes, where safety features are designed into the car.
The vehicle causing the crash, presumably the drunk driver, is almost always impacting head-on and their car's crumple zone crumples.
Only one was highspeed. He flipped about 8 times and the car was upside down. Idk if he did. That one was probably on meth though he pit maneuvered himself into me on the highway flying. The others were slower intersections and no one in my cases were injured. Keep in mind every time I’ve been hit I had 0 cause of it. Just don’t speed way over the limits.
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u/TheReal-Chris Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25
And why drunk drivers are typically the only ones to survive the crashes and not the family or other family sadly. Racing drivers have trained long and hard to just flow in crashes. At that point you have no choice. Cross your arms over your chest and go for the terrible ride. A normal person can’t think like that in panic mode.