Keeping Water Bottles in Your Car Could Lead You to Deadly Accident
Here’s the answer to why keeping water bottles inside your car could probably leady you to an accident or even worse.
Keeping a water bottle – with water of course, inside your car to stay hydrated on the road during a long journey or stuck in the midst of traffic congestion is always a good thing. But you might have to secure your car compartment.
You might be putting your life at risk, and the lives of other motorists at risk otherwise. Or even worse it may lead you to a terrible accident.
According to the article of World of Buzz, a Facebook page named Polis Daerah Pendang shares that leaving a water bottle in your car could possibly cause a hazard. It stated that putting the water bottle in driver’s or passenger’s seat while driving is a very dangerous practice.
“People like to put their water bottles below the driver’s or passenger’s seat when they’re on the road but this is a very dangerous practice. If you lose control of your car, the bottle (whether it’s a 250ml one or a 1.5 liter one) can roll out and get stuck behind the car’s accelerator or brake pedal.”
The post went on to explain that although some drivers managed to press their brakes hard to get them to work, the delayed reaction was not enough to avoid an accident as it only took a few seconds for a collision to occur.
“[When this happens], it won’t matter how hard you press the pedal, it won’t work because you’ll need to apply a lot of pressure on the pedal to get it to function with the blockage.”
The post encourages drivers to install compartments in their car for water bottles if they do not have cup holders. But if it’s too difficult, make sure you keep your bottle in a safe place so it doesn’t roll over when you are driving.
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