Elia J. Castranova Personal Injury Lawyer's video: Auto accident lawyer reviews low speed car crash Toluca Lake Hollywood Hills North Hills

Accident Attorney Elia reviews low speed auto accidents taking place in Toluca Lake, Hollywood Hills, North Hills, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Lake Balboa, Panorama City, Studio City, Valley Glen and Valley Village. Low speed car accidents generally take place at low speeds of 5-8 mph (but can go up to 10-15 mph) and are often referred to as “fender benders”. Despite the name one can still sustain injuries from a crash even at low speeds. Whiplash, lower neck and back pain, shoulder and even broken discs are some of the possible injuries sustained through a low speed auto accident. The vehicle may not show signs of damage but do not be fooled the driver or passengers may have been injured. The exterior of the vehicle may look fine but a person may be injured and the pain does not always appear immediately. A car is stopped for a light when it is unexpectedly rear-ended by a vehicle from behind. It is not a hard impact and there is little or no damage to either vehicle, because the energy absorbing bumpers have protected them. Nevertheless, the passengers of the struck vehicle complain of neck, shoulder and back pain….Low speed impact involving non-damaged vehicles can sometimes cause whiplash. A stopped car is struck by another vehicle from behind; the struck car and torsos of its passengers are thrown forward. However, the heads of the passengers lag behind for a fraction of a second, causing their necks to be hyper-extended (unduly strained as the torso flies forward while the head stays behind). As their torsos rebound against the seat backs, their heads now move forward, but are snapped back again, by their necks, and overshoot the torso, again causing the neck to be hyper-extended. This effect is most severe if the headrests are too low and set too far back, as they are in many cars. The whole occurrence takes less than a second. Although the person experiencing this situation does not have overt signs of injury, the possible occurrence of soft tissue damage to the overstretched ligaments of the neck has been well documented. This damage may be permanent, causing chronic pain and limitation in neck movement, the full extent of which may not be apparent until about a day after the accident. In addition, experiments have shown that the forces to the neck during whiplash are not much greater than those occurring during normal activities (e.g. “plopping down into a seat”, “hopping onto a step”, and even “sneezing”). However, unlike whiplash, normal events do not take a person by surprise, so one can instinctively brace the neck muscles in anticipation, and control the force transmitted to the cervical soft tissues. With whiplash, the force to the neck is violent and sudden, and is not filtered through the neck musculature. Hence, those with thinner or weakened necks (i.e. women and those who have had prior neck injury) are more prone to the effects of whiplash. Toluca Lake Hollywood Hills North Hills Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Studio City Lake Balboa North Hills Panorama City Studio City Valley Glen Valley Village low speed accident damage low speed car crash injuries low speed automobile accidents low speed car accidents whiplash injuries in low speed accidents high speed car accidents paul walker speed in car accident low speed crash test what is a low speed vehicle low speed vehicles low speed accident injury low speed chase accident injury attorney car accident attorney car accident lawyer auto accident lawyer Elia Castranova Los Angeles