Carbon Fiber Dashpad

Um...I'm not trying to be a wiseguy, but wasn't the original purpose of the dash "pad" to be a way to cushion the blow in case of an accident?

When I was five, the car I was in was rear-ended at a stop light. I was in the backseat (this was in the days before carseats, or even mandatory seatbelts for kids), and landed face first on the dash. That dashpad had a clear imprint of my teeth--dentist could have used it for a denture model! If that dash pad had been carbon fiber, I would have needed those dentures.