How To Survive Being Hit By A Car

SUZIE: HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENTS ARE
BECOMING MORE COMMON ACROSS THE
COUNTRY MOSTLY BECAUSE DRIVERS
ARE SO DISTRACTED WITH CELL
PHONES.
JEFF: THEY SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN
SURVIVE BEING HIT BY A CAR BY
LEARNING TO SAFETY MOVES THAT
COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.
IT HAPPENS MORE THAN 150,000
TIMES PER YEAR.
PEDESTRIANS STRUCK BY CARS EVERY
TWO HOURS AND ONE IS KILLED.
HE CAME RIGHT OUT OF HIS WORK
BOOTS.
HE WAS HIT SO HARD HIS BODY
WAS TOSSED 50 FEET IN THE AIR.
AT 21 YOU'LL HIS MOTHER SAID HE
WILL HAVE HIS WHOLE LIFE AHEAD.
HIS INJURIES WERE SO SEVERE HE
WOULDN'T GET THAT CHANCE.
THEY TOLD US TO MAKE FUNERAL
ARRANGEMENTS THAT WE ARE SEEING
DRIVERS THINK OF BEING BEHIND
THE WHEEL AS DOWNTIME.
WHEN WE CAN ENGAGE IN TEXTING
OR TALKING AND THAT SORT OF
THING, YOU ONLY HAVE A SECOND OR
TWO TO REACT TO MATT IF YOU EVEN
SEE THE CAR COMING.
THAT LITTLE BIT OF TIME COULD
POTENTIALLY SAVE YOUR LIFE.
AS A STUNT WOMAN, SHE HAS
BEEN HIT BY A CAR AS MANY AS 100
TIMES.
THE FIRST THING THEY WERE TAUGHT
TO DO WAS TO HOP WITH BOTH FEET
AS A CAR APPROACHES.
A LITTLE HOP, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, CAN DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD
THAT YOU WILL BE TOSSED UP IN
THE AIR LIKE YOU SEE IN THIS
ANIMATION.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO BOB WHO
OPERATES HOLLYWOOD STUNS NYC.
BEEN JOURNEYS AND GET A
LITTLE OFF THE GROUND AND ROLL.
TURNING YOUR BACK TO THE CAR
AND LAYING YOUR BODY AGAINST THE
HOOD WHICH IS WHAT THIS
13-YEAR-OLD BROOKLYN GIRL DID
CAN ALSO HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF
GREATER INJURIES.
SHE HAD A LOT OF MASS AREA TO
WORK WITH.
A REACTION LIKE THAT IS VERY
GOOD.
NINE YEARS AFTER HIS ACCIDENT
AND 20 OPERATIONS LATER, HE WAS
STILL WORKING HARD TO RECOVER
FROM HIS INJURIES.
NEVER SURRENDER, NEVER GIVE
UP.
REPORTER: HERE IN L.A. ALONE,

How To Survive Being Hit By A Car

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