A energy-absorbing footrest in a vehicle includes a footrest plate, a plurality of pins depending from an underside of the footrest plate, and a supporting structure defining a plurality of apertures into which the plurality of pins are received. The control unit calculates a storage capacity difference between a current storage capacity and a previous storage capacity, and calculates a runtime of the dial pointer according to a time calculation algorithm. The propeller draws water located in the sanitary tub in through the inflow openings, and subsequently transports it back into the sanitary tub, through a guide element arranged in the outlet opening, which can be pivoted relative to the hub axis. The dampening mechanism retards the pivotal movement of the arm relative to the tower. The cap is movable from the housing to have the sheath cover the needle and carries a torsion spring that has a leg that snaps across a bore in the cap through which the distal end of the needle passes to block a return movement of the needle through the bore. In some embodiments, the ramp up circuit forms a portion of a programmable logic device, and the capacitor andor resistor have programmable capacitanceresistance values.