Facial reconstruction following air bag deployment
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To expand the question
Has there ever been a documented case where a driver who had his forearms across the steering wheel whilst driving had to receive substantial surgery as he foreams hit his face when the airbag deployed?
The reason i ask is my BiL is a rather narrow minded person in driving techniques who thinks the IAM/Rospa/ Roadcraft methods of 10 to 2 and feeding the wheel whilst cornering is tosh. He is continually having both hands together when cornering resulting in 50p cornering and not only that, his normal position is left hand on his lap or it hanging over the wheel like ( is is cripple driving or monkey hanging?)
He does not read road markings nor road signs, and was adamant that going north on the A331 yesterday approaching the 'three counties' started berating the council for not showing what lane he should be in. These were at the traffic lights just before the car sales supermarket.
My driving is not perfect .but i strive to keep it at a high standard ( 2 certs to prove it..lol, but no GCSE!)
I just want to bring it up in casual !! conversation in the hope he realised how bad his steering technique is ( one step st a time folks!) and the gorier the better...lol
Has there ever been a documented case where a driver who had his forearms across the steering wheel whilst driving had to receive substantial surgery as he foreams hit his face when the airbag deployed?
The reason i ask is my BiL is a rather narrow minded person in driving techniques who thinks the IAM/Rospa/ Roadcraft methods of 10 to 2 and feeding the wheel whilst cornering is tosh. He is continually having both hands together when cornering resulting in 50p cornering and not only that, his normal position is left hand on his lap or it hanging over the wheel like ( is is cripple driving or monkey hanging?)
He does not read road markings nor road signs, and was adamant that going north on the A331 yesterday approaching the 'three counties' started berating the council for not showing what lane he should be in. These were at the traffic lights just before the car sales supermarket.
My driving is not perfect .but i strive to keep it at a high standard ( 2 certs to prove it..lol, but no GCSE!)
I just want to bring it up in casual !! conversation in the hope he realised how bad his steering technique is ( one step st a time folks!) and the gorier the better...lol
A cursory google .. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10828423_...
article said:
We present the case of an open forearm fracture with the previously unreported phenomenon of high-energy foreign body impaction into the exposed medulla, as a result of airbag deployment in a low velocity collision. A 34-year-old male driver was involved in a road traffic accident (RTA). He was the restrained driver in a car travelling at 10–15mph which was struck on the passenger side by another car travelling at 15–20mph. The driver reported that he was driving with his left arm positioned across the steering wheel while making a turn at the time of impact. He sustained a grade III b open fracture of the left radius and ulna.
Might be of interest. Be aware there are some fairly grim pictures of the forearm injury in there, nearly put me off my lunch Gassing Station | Advanced Driving | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff