Take Your Feet Off The Dashboard

[Canary42]

https://ibb.co/Nxhxz9d

[choux]

That is one sobering thought, Canary.

[THECORBYLOON]

As neither of them appears to be wearing a seat belt, even sitting normally would be unlikely to save her from serious injury in a crash at speed.

[mushroom25]

it would be interesting to know if the photo is from the USA, or elsewhere.

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 (FMVSS 208) requires cars produced after 1 April 1989 to be equipped with a passive restraint for the driver. An airbag or a seat belt would meet the requirements of the standard.

In 1998, FMVSS 208 was amended to require dual front airbags, and it continued to require that bags be engineered and calibrated to be able to "save" the life of an unbelted 50th-percentile size and weight "male" crash test dummy.

In Europe (and the UK) there is no legal mandate for airbags, but when fitted they meet internationalized European ECE vehicle and equipment regulations rather than the US standard. ECE airbags are generally smaller and inflate less forcefully than United States airbags, as in those countries, seatbelts are mandated.

[Buenchico]

That tweet has been doing the rounds for several years, with many UK police forces seeming to endorse the message, as here:
https://twitter.com/cumbriaroadspol/status/1016639984084930564?lang=en

Police forces have also highlighted other risks associated with airbags and, for example, advise against wearing lanyards with an airbag in front of you:
https://www.driving.co.uk/news/lanyard-wearers-risk-airbag-inflicted-injuries-police-warn/

[Hopkirk]

I drive lorries, and occasionally see another lorry driver with one foot wedged high up on the front by the window.

It is usually foreign trucks, but occasionally a right hand drive British one. That's even worse, because it is their right foot which they would need for the brake pedal!

[bednobs]

also don't pick your nose while travelling, lest you end up with your finger wedged into your brain