 At highway speeds, the average text takes your eyes off the road for about five seconds. That's enough time to travel the length of a football field. StopTextsStopWrecks.org. I never thought much about people having their feet on the dashboard. It just seemed how many people would ride. I'm Tank Mullinex, and I was in a car accident January of 2023 in which three of the four people walked away, except my friend who had her feet on the dashboard. Her knees were thrown back into her face, causing a brain injury, and she submarine under the seatbelt, causing internal organ injury.