Whiplash!!!

If unlucky, you have probably been in a car accident or two. It seems so common these days.
Some people intentionally cause them, while others become injured and inconvenienced victims.

Unfortunately, yesterday, I was the passenger in a car collision. The driver intelligently reversed her car without checking the rear mirror. If she had, she would have seen us just a few feet behind her. The speed with which she reversed was complemented by the fact that she was busy telling her life story on her cell. After rear-ending, she finally put her phone down. Thank God!

What did I do? In proper sequence: curse out loud, close my eyes, and shield myself with both my arms.

Instead of delving into specifics, many people who are involved in accidents do not start feeling the aches and pains until the day after. That’s what happened to me. I guess I had whiplash. Also, the constant pain in the back of my neck made me realize that I am going to bruise up.

When seated in a car, you neck is upright before the collision. Upon impact, the car seat pushes your upper body forward while your head still remains upright. This maneuver compresses your cervical spine and causes an S-shaped curve, and then your neck reacts. Your head awkwardly snaps forward [following the push of your torso] and thanks to the law of physics, snaps backwards in a greater speed.

I felt like a crash-test dummy that is now suffering from headaches.

N.B. It really gets under my skin [and will now bruise my skin] when I see people talking on cell phones when driving. When calling my friends, I always ask whether they or someone else is behind the wheel. They know I will not talk to them unless they wear a head piece. When will there be enforcement?