• PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
          15·
          9 months ago

          Yeah, a good example is how the injury rate skyrocketed when seatbelts were introduced. Anti-seatbelt people (yes, they exist just like antivaxxers and anti maskers do today) used this to point out that seatbelts were harmful.

          Injury rates skyrocketed because fatality rates plummeted. People who would have died were now only injured. But the anti-seatbelters conveniently ignored that second half of the statistic, and only looked at the increased injury rates.

        • Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de
          10·
          9 months ago

          Seatbelts do cause injury (bruising, hematoma, etc) with hard impact but it’s usually a better outcome than being ejected from the vehicle and then having brains ejected from your skull…

      • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
        18·
        9 months ago

        The usual “can’t get out if you’re trapped, the seatbelt causes more injuries in smaller crashes, I knew a guy who got whiplash cause the seatbelt threw him against his seat”

        I’ve tried explaining it multiple times but I quit trying because it’s exhausting 😮‍💨