We talked about this 50 years ago. We attributed it to the person being relaxed during the crash.
during the creash?
during?
you’d have to be asleep or stone drunk to be relaxed during a crash
Will healthcare reform include taxpayer provided ethanol?
I recall a call I ran as a fireman, 10-50PI, the vehicle had crossed the centerline, gone off the left side of the road on a turn and hit a telephone pole. The driver was transported by ambulance with a broken leg after extrication, and had facial injuries from contact with the steering wheel. All pretty normal, considering this was in the days when seat belts were only in about 1/2 the cars on the road, and this particular one had neither seat belts, shoulder restraints, nor a padded dashboard. (Airbags were still science fiction).
The enigma was over the passenger. The windshield was broken out on the passenger side, glass scattered across the hood, and no one to be seen. Nor was there any appreciable amount of blood, nor an object found in front to the vehicle which could have done that sort of damage to the glass.
After an intensive search, a fellow walked up and identified himself as the passenger. He was intoxicated, by his own admission both he and the driver had been drinking 'a few', and he reeked of whiskey. He had a few scratches on his face and hands, and some bits of grass in his hair.
When asked how he came to be walking about, he said that he saw they were going to wreck, and put his feet on the dashboard to brace himself. His feet slipped on impact, and he went through the windshield feet first, landing in the thick grass in the ditch with only a few scratches and some bits of vegetation stuck in his hair.
No serious injury.
Sadly, not all accidents ended that way, but we attributed the alcohol induced muscle relaxation and a very fortunate trajectory to his well being.