Submitted by sjbuchtel on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 10:07am
Dead Man Driving
Men's Health ran a chilling anatomy of the forces at work during a car crash on the car...and on the person:
"There are three big impacts in any crash, says Stitzel. “The vehicle hits the other vehicle; the occupant loads the restraint system; and then the occupant’s internal organs load the inner chest wall or the inside of the skull.”
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Contracoup injuries
Also, the organs will bounce back of the back of the head and torso. Don't forget packages and items within the auto that become missiles upon impact.
Re: Contracoup injuries
There is very little of the article that I CAN forget, Mark. And while the detail is riveting, I think the most compelling point of the article is that the most important resource to conserve while driving is the driver's attention. The article gets this exactly right.
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