I broke my hip bone a month ago and have to be robocop for the rest of my life... Can't imagine the pain this person felt.
(lemmy.world)
You're conflating the severity of the consequences to the likelihood of it happening.
The likelihood of getting in a crash is not higher if your feet are on the dash. The likelihood of your injuries being worse, way worse, is. That's the point of plenty of plenty of precautions.
Do you think seatbelts aren't necessary because they don't make you less likely to crash?