Quote Originally Posted by Shoki View Post
Really how hard would you have to cut to open up your jugular? It seems like you would need to seriously be trying to cut into your neck to kill yourself. Most nicks and cuts seem to be superficial.
There are actually 2 jugulars per side, and internal and an external one. The internal is a massive pipe and deep down, the external is quite close to the surface though.

If someone hit your hand/elbow at just the right time, you could conceivably cut into that vein. Likely? No, not really. But I don't want to risk the nicks or shallower cuts either.