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that suction cup will not hold in the event of an accident and now your phone is a projectile. always put your phone away in a compartment and use handsfree.

by o-__-o 7y ago

that suction cup will not hold in the event of an accident and now your phone is a projectile. always put your phone away in a compartment and use handsfree. no one will follow this advice, but no one will think they will be in an accident until they have a huge welt on their head and can't figure out why.

serf 7y ago
>that suction cup will not hold in the event of an accident and now your phone is a projectile. I guess? What do I do about the legally mandated 2-4lbs steel backed rear-view mirror that's required to be hand-removable without the use of tools in most places? To be clear, i'm not saying you're wrong -- i'm saying that making a car a safe crash space will drive a person mad. It's practically impossible.
torgian 7y ago
This. People underestimate the amount of force and damage small items can have in your car.
Dylan16807 7y ago
A projectile going forward, sure. It might bounce but at that point there's way less energy involved and the accident's intense enough that a welt on my head is the least of my problems.
- o-__-o 7y ago
  This guy or gal, folks. They know what will happen in an accident! Never mind that people have been flung from cars in accidents, that cell phone? Can’t do any damage. Physics.
  - Dylan16807 7y ago
    When someone is flung from a car, I'm not really worried about the damage they will do. And if you're in flinging territory, the cell phone is a rounding error compared to the windshield, and a lot more blunt too. Physics!
    - stef25 7y ago
      Someone flung from a car won't damage you, but have a look at videos with crash test dummies, where a passenger in the back isn't wearing a seat belt. Them being flung in to the back of the driver's seat creates a huge impact. The windshield won't be flung anywhere, but an electronic device will. Getting smashed in the face with an iPhone going 50Km/h is going to do some damage, rounded corners or not.
  - GhettoMaestro 7y ago
    No. Don't do that here. Go back to reddit.

by o-__-o 7y ago

serf 7y ago

>that suction cup will not hold in the event of an accident and now your phone is a projectile. I guess? What do I do about the legally mandated 2-4lbs steel backed rear-view mirror that's required to be hand-removable without the use of tools in most places? To be clear, i'm not saying you're wrong -- i'm saying that making a car a safe crash space will drive a person mad. It's practically impossible.

torgian 7y ago

This. People underestimate the amount of force and damage small items can have in your car.

Dylan16807 7y ago

A projectile going forward, sure. It might bounce but at that point there's way less energy involved and the accident's intense enough that a welt on my head is the least of my problems.

o-__-o 7y ago
This guy or gal, folks. They know what will happen in an accident! Never mind that people have been flung from cars in accidents, that cell phone? Can’t do any damage. Physics.
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  When someone is flung from a car, I'm not really worried about the damage they will do. And if you're in flinging territory, the cell phone is a rounding error compared to the windshield, and a lot more blunt too. Physics!
  - stef25 7y ago
    Someone flung from a car won't damage you, but have a look at videos with crash test dummies, where a passenger in the back isn't wearing a seat belt. Them being flung in to the back of the driver's seat creates a huge impact. The windshield won't be flung anywhere, but an electronic device will. Getting smashed in the face with an iPhone going 50Km/h is going to do some damage, rounded corners or not.
- GhettoMaestro 7y ago
  No. Don't do that here. Go back to reddit.