Sup /sci/ I have a hypothesis about how to react when involved in a crash, or during/just before a crash.I saw some anon implying in his greentext story that relaxing his muscles and letting himself go all ragdoll during a crash will maximize his c

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11/09/14 (Sun) 12:11:14 No.567

Sup /sci/

I have a hypothesis about how to react when involved in a crash, or during/just before a crash.

I saw some anon implying in his greentext story that relaxing his muscles and letting himself go all ragdoll during a crash will maximize his chance of walking away unscathed.

However I think that doing so will actually only leave it up to the skeleton and ligaments to handle all the impact energy, thus maximising the potential of dislocating shit and just overall bad performance of your body in a crash.

I hypothesise that clenching right before and during an impact would essentially preserve integrity of one's body much better, would enable muscles to absorb and distribute impact energy, easing the load on the skeleton and minimizing the probability of breaking a bone or dislocating something.

tl;dr Do you think clenching or not clenching muscles during a car crash impact is the way to go?

Discuss.

11/09/14 (Sun) 12:17:55 No.568

Checking to see if fractions work on this board, don't mind me

$$\frac{yolo}{swaggins}$$

11/09/14 (Sun) 20:00:07 No.571

The crash happens so fast there is no time for logical reasoning, it is all up to reflex. Even if you predict the crash and tense up in advance, the reflex will still override it.

Since few people deliberately crash to practice their reflexes, the reflex will be an innate one, developed by thousands of years of evolution, probably protect against things like falls from trees. This reflex is probably not too bad.

In any case, it's not like you can change what happens, so it's pointless to worry (unless perhaps you are a stunt driver and often crash your car).

11/10/14 (Mon) 13:41:05 No.584

>>571
Thanks for your response. My assumption was that one would have that valuable 300-500ms or so to realise that a crash was imminent and thus tense up. While I agree that an innate reflex, if any, would be present otherwise, I was asking about the two states of being tense and not being tense, assuming one could control it.

So assuming we have two people in a car; one sees the imminent crash and tenses his muscles voluntarily, while the other is oblivious to the butthurt he's about to receive; assuming they both undergo the same impact energy, who do you think would be better off?

11/17/14 (Mon) 05:22:06 No.692

>>584
It doesn't matter. Let's say you find a trick to make crashes more survivable. What now? You need to train yourself to do it, since it's not like just the knowledge of this is going to help.

How are you going to train? Crash into something over and over?

11/17/14 (Mon) 09:44:57 No.694

get sideways in the car and do a jumping push-up when the crash happens so you will be in the air and get only minor damages if any lemaooo

11/17/14 (Mon) 11:33:41 No.695

>>692
Why the hell are you on /sci/?

>>567
Your mechanical reasoning seems to check out, but your physiological reasoning might not.

Yes, tensing your muscles will let them absorb some of the impact your bones would otherwise have gotten, but with the forces involved, they might only absorb a fraction, meaning your bones still break, but now your muscles tear as well, leaving you in worse shape overall.

05/04/15 (Mon) 15:55:50 No.2241

I would personally brace for impact by grabbing the chair/doors and tighten my legs so I have less chances of flying through the window.

05/13/15 (Wed) 20:32:46 No.2319

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>>567

Only one valid method of winning in a crash:

> undo seatbelt

> extend arms

> clench fists

> *crash*

> fly through window

> execute perfect forwards somersault

> land on feet

> walk away like nothing happened.

05/13/15 (Wed) 21:40:57 No.2320

>>567

>clenching

Why don't you just wear your seatbelt?