They used to have them hop out, but the loss to twisted ankles and blown out knees was about 20%, so liftgates were added, rather than fitness standards.
I’ve heard a heard a number of very fit veterans bemoan that jumping out of the back of the truck looks cool in your 20s but your body already hurts in your 30s
I had one idiot employee who insisted on jumping out of the back of my box truck while the liftgate was still up. He thought he was impressing his co-workers, who were only waiting for him to screw up and fall, so they weren’t telling him to stop.
I spotted him doing it, and told him, his supervisor, and all the others that it stops NOW.
Well, he did it one more time anyway, caught his toe on the edge of the liftgate, and dropped about six foot onto the pavement, breaking his fall with his face, and snapping off the bottom half of his two front teeth. Exactly what I told the Dipshit would happen. He agreed that he probably shouldn’t do it anymore.
How did I know he’d crash himself? Because there’s always a moron like that in every group. The guy who take the stupid dares, or even just dares himself (“Whatch what I can do!”), and will never stop until he, or someone else, gets hurt. He’s the guy that will drive fast with his eyes closed and his hands off the wheel, play chicken with other cars, hold a firecracker on his hand, shoot fireworks at others, brag about how he drives better when he’s drunk, etc. That guy will never quit while he’s ahead, he will always do risky stuff until it backfires on him - “It’s fine, I do this all the time! Oh, wow, it never did that before.”
Identify that guy amongst your friends, and NEVER let him make decisions.
They used to have them hop out, but the loss to twisted ankles and blown out knees was about 20%, so liftgates were added, rather than fitness standards.
I’ve heard a heard a number of very fit veterans bemoan that jumping out of the back of the truck looks cool in your 20s but your body already hurts in your 30s
I had one idiot employee who insisted on jumping out of the back of my box truck while the liftgate was still up. He thought he was impressing his co-workers, who were only waiting for him to screw up and fall, so they weren’t telling him to stop.
I spotted him doing it, and told him, his supervisor, and all the others that it stops NOW.
Well, he did it one more time anyway, caught his toe on the edge of the liftgate, and dropped about six foot onto the pavement, breaking his fall with his face, and snapping off the bottom half of his two front teeth. Exactly what I told the Dipshit would happen. He agreed that he probably shouldn’t do it anymore.
How did I know he’d crash himself? Because there’s always a moron like that in every group. The guy who take the stupid dares, or even just dares himself (“Whatch what I can do!”), and will never stop until he, or someone else, gets hurt. He’s the guy that will drive fast with his eyes closed and his hands off the wheel, play chicken with other cars, hold a firecracker on his hand, shoot fireworks at others, brag about how he drives better when he’s drunk, etc. That guy will never quit while he’s ahead, he will always do risky stuff until it backfires on him - “It’s fine, I do this all the time! Oh, wow, it never did that before.”
Identify that guy amongst your friends, and NEVER let him make decisions.
This is like watching Wall-e in slow motion 😞