FOREWARD Hi everybody, it's John Michael Bailey again. And this book, which is entitled 2+2 = I’M HURT , is the follow up to my very first book, OLD CARS & ROOTBEER. In my first book, I took you through a little personal history of mine about why I became interested in cars and how they were put together. And the difference between the way cars were made when I was young and the way they're made today and how that affects the human body in a collision. So, in this book, that's what we're going to talk about. Now I have a couple of citations which I will put here for how I'm arriving at some of these things. I know that everyone is going to be wondering where in the world I got my figures and how I got my calculations so let me spill the tea right here at the start. All the information that I am using about force and calculation is available if you know where to look for it and if you know that force of impact can have a devastating impact on your life. The average person that we see in our office is more concerned with family and children and getting by than they are figuring out the calculations of the collision that just upended their lives. I have practiced law for going on 45 years now and I have never had one client who enjoyed the process of having an injury claim. One of the many reasons I am writing this book is for the people we see in our office and for everyone else who must struggle through the process of seeking justice from the insurance industry too. Here in this book, you will find examples of all the common types of collisions we see and the injuries that are caused by the force of the collisions that are transferred to you, the human beings who are in the car that is hit. So often the insurance adjusters forget that the people we represent are humans and simply tend to think of them as numbers. But back to the numbers of the calculations, here are the sources that I used and if you have any further interest in figuring out the force of your own collision, please use the information below.
hƩps://www.gigacalculator.com/calculators/impact-force-calculator.php Georgiev G.Z., "Impact Force Calculator" , [online] Available at: https://www.gigacalculator.com/calculators/impact-force-calculator.php
This formula and the calculator take four different values and use them in determining the amount of force in Meganewtons that strike the other vehicle and thus the occupants inside. Let me give you an overview of how it works, starting with the four values used in the calculations. The four values are: MASS , which I have calculated in pounds. I use the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) to determine the pounds of the car doing the colliding. I get that value by simply googling the type of vehicle and putting in the GVSR behind the vehicle type. So, my google search for this book looked like this: F-350 Super Duty GVWR .
IMPACT VELOCITY, measured in miles per hour. For my book I used 45 miles per hour. The impact velocity can be measured in different ways, the most common is using a black box
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