It is safer as a general rule, to keep your place, than to jump out. Getting out of a gig over the back, provided you can hold on a little while, and run, is safer than springing from the side. But it is best to keep your place, and hold fast. In acci-dents people act not so much from reason as from excitement. But good rules, firmly impressed upon the mind, generally rise uppermost, even in the midst of fear. (See 398, 526, 559, 695, 2006.)