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@lpg
it kinda makes sense when you think about it, when you ditch at alow speed you know that you won't injure yourself (unless you happen to run over yourself), if you have no traction you can't control where your car will end up, or how fast it will go before it stops you risk smashing into a tree at 30+ MPH, or having it flip over, etc..
think about being on a skateboard at the top of a hill .. better to ditch early and definitely suffer minimal pain than to risk crashing and burning at a much higher speed.