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We learned as kids stay put unless absolutely having to leave the vehicle. If you had to leave because of say a fire you were to keep both feet together and lit
by 14 5y ago
We learned as kids stay put unless absolutely having to leave the vehicle. If you had to leave because of say a fire you were to keep both feet together and literally hop away like you say not walk. This is going way back it seems to make sense but I haven’t checked the source on this.
- admax88q 5y agoShuffling is recommended over hopping because you're less likely to fall over. Shuffle in small movements keeping your feet on the ground and close together.
- Thorrez 5y agoWhere did you learn this? Were they specifically teaching you want to do if a power line lands on your car? That seems like a pretty rare situation. Or was it about electric cars or busses?
- TeMPOraL 5y agoIs power line landing on things all that rare? There's lots of power lines on poles in cities around the world. Also very strong winds like to down trees, which then sometimes down such powerlines.
- msh 5y agoI am from denmark, we have practically no power lines above ground except for the occational high voltage lines which they are also planning to bury. By 2040 it will only be allowed to have 400KV lines above ground.
- dharmab 5y agoIn the US, most power lines are overhead. Downed power lines are common. Well over 100,000 incidents per year: https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/News-and-Research/Fire-statistics-and-reports/Electrical/osNonFireElectricalIncidents2020.ashx https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/News-and-Research/Fire-st...
- 14 5y agoI’m grade school. I am in Canada and almost all our power lines are above ground. Yes it was specific to if a power line landed on your car or even if it crashed beside your car and you had to get out.