[RichS]

Hey I definitely agree that his adrenaline was pumping and that he was hanging upside down and supporting himself with his arms. I don't fault him for wanting to get out of the car. If a car hit his car when he was in that position his chances of serious injury were VERY high if the hitting car was traveling at a high rate of speed.

That said, given the choice of being hit in a car and being hit while running across a field... I'm going with getting hit while in a car. At least there is SOME chance that the car might protect me. When I'm running across the field there is NOTHING that will protect me from the car.

Let's say that the car that is going to hit you is only going 15 MPH when it hits the damaged car. There is actually a pretty good chance that the car will help rather than hurt you. However getting hit by a car at 15 MPH when standing (or running) across a field will probably do much more damage to you.

There is always some who will say things like "Well, I might bounce off the car that is hitting me and only get thrown, but when I'm hanging upside down in my car I'll be trapped inside." And they may be right. BUT since you NEVER know what is going to happen, you should ALWAYS default to staying inside the car unless it is on fire. To me there is no 'it depends'.

I'd like to think that in this guy's situation I would have climbed down from the seat and then laid down on the roof of the car and waited for someone to tell me to get out of the car.