Sentences with phrase «impact in a motor vehicle crash»

Your spinal discs take the brunt of the force of an impact in a motor vehicle crash.

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Current evidence regarding laws to limit cell phone use for talking or texting that are now in place in many jurisdictions suggests that these laws are either ineffective or may have an unintended effect, according to Johnathon P. Ehsani, PhD, and co-authors in «The Impact of Michigan's Text Messaging Restriction on Motor Vehicle Crashes.»

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final rule amending Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 213 to improve the protection of children seated in child restraint systems during side impact crashes.

Concern: In the event of a motor vehicle crash, and the ensuing side impact airbag deployment, a small child could be placed at an increased risk of spinal injury.

But by the late 1970s a federal motor vehicle safety standard required steering assemblies to be designed to compress at a controlled rate, cushioning the impact on drivers» chests in frontal crashes.

Another NHTSA study called «The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2010,» every two minutes, a person is injured in a drunk driving crash.

Whether the result of a motor vehicle collision, motorcycle crash, a construction accident, a fall on badly - maintained grounds, a slip and fall accident or other cause, brain and spinal injuries are complex neurological injuries with negative impacts in all aspects of the victim's life.