Many adults who took a driver education course in the late 1970’s through the early 80’s may remember watching the “iconic” seat belt movie “Room to Live.” The movie featured an energetic retired police officer named Jack Ware. In this video he helped to debunk many of the foolish myths regular drivers came to believe about car crashes.
A recent report on NBC news proclaimed that everyone that drives a motor vehicle has been lead astray by their “old school” driver education instructors. AAA and the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration for many years have recommended the 9:00-3:00 hand position. Now many driver education and safety organizations are going one step further and recommending the 8:00-4:00 position. The rationale behind this dramatic change is because of the “violent” deployment of air bags during a collision. Airbags deploy at a speed of over 100 miles per hour. This rapid deployment along with a higher hand position, these authors contend, could cause “amputation of fingers and hands as well as traumatic fractures.”
