2. Walking this way on ice forces each leg to support the weight of the body at an angle that is not perpendicular to the surface of the ice, resulting in a nasty fall.
Fact: On Aprill 8, 2003, Dr. Robert Atkins, Investor of the famed Atkins Diet, slipped on icy pavement and suffered severe head trauma. He died nine days later.
Fact: Approximately 60 people die each year in the United States as a result of slipping on the ice, This is about as many as will die from a tornado.