CHAPTER NINE 45 DEGREE ANGLE COLLISION FRONT WHEEL WELL AND FRONT BUMPER PASSENGER SIDE
In this chapter we will describe in detail the impact of a 45-degree angle collision between the well and the front bumper on the passenger side with 1 meganewton force on the occupants of a unibody 4 door economy car with specificity regarding all 4 passengers, one in the driver’s seat front, passenger seat front, rear drivers side rear passenger side. A 45-degree angle collision between the wheel well and the front bumper on the passenger side with a force of 1 meganewton (MN) introduces a complex set of forces to the vehicle and its occupants. This type of collision combines aspects of both frontal and side impacts. Here's a breakdown of the potenƟal impact on each of the car's occupants: Driver's Seat (Front): Whiplash : Due to the angled force, the driver could experience whiplash as the neck gets jerked forward and to the side. The driver is likely to experience severe whiplash due to the sudden jolt from behind period the cervical spine would be subjected to a rapid back and forth motion common which could result in tearing of ligaments, muscles, and tendons in the neck. It's really important here to understand that there is a thing that happens to our ligaments in these types of hyperflexion and hyperextension injuries, and it's called ligament laxity. And what that means is that the ligament is stretched out of its normal shape, and it never ever ever goes back to its regular shape. When this happens to us in a whiplash type injury, the ligament can no longer hold our head up like it should. As a result of that our muscles take over and try to hold the head up where the ligaments would do it before because that is taxing to our muscles. That's why we get aching necks and pain. That is constant because our muscles are working overtime, trying to take over the job of the now stretched ligaments.
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