The head weighs 385 kg.

In a collision at a speed of 50 km / h, drivers think that they are not driving, but almost standing still, but at this speed the head weighs 385 kg.

The human head makes up about 6 percent of body weight, so it weighs an average of 5 kg, with the exception of M. P. Gosevsky's head, which weighs much more. After a collision at a speed of 50 km/h, the speed is actually low, drivers think that they are not driving, but almost standing still, but at this speed, the head weighs 385 kg. Energy is converted to kilograms, that's what counts.

At such a low speed, we emphasize, the head in a collision gains weight of several hundred kilograms, and if the driver is not wearing a seat belt and does not have a head restraint, he can no longer hold his head, the cervical vertebrae burst. There was once Antonioni's "Contempt", starring the beautifully freckled Monica Vitti. There was a collision, she did not have a head restraint, and she died.

We were in the center of Gellinge near Stockholm, one of the largest in Sweden, where they conduct research on driving safety. They also scrutinize what happens to people during a collision.

An unsecured box in the trunk or a suitcase weighing 18 kg upon impact (also only at a speed of 55 km / h) weighs as much as 720 kg and breaks and kills when flying forward. It's the same with a person. A person weighing 70 kg receives as much energy on impact as he weighs 3,5 tons. No driver can withstand such energy, such mass, if he is not wearing seat belts.

The instructors in Gelling don't talk much. They only show how long the human body flies if it is not wearing seat belts. There were cases when even a child's body smashed the car body and broke the door. Studies have shown that people can die in a collision at speeds as low as 27 km/h. There is also a huge Volvo standing here after a collision with an elk, which happens very often in Sweden. The elk did not survive, but neither did the car, the roof was half crumpled, although judging by the inspection, there was also a tardigrade.

Drivers usually do not pay attention to the fastening of seat belts and speed. Everyone thinks that he is going slowly and that nothing will happen to him, and then in an instant the end of the world comes. The Gellinge Center has existed for more than 30 years, here is the largest ski area in Sweden, plastic filled with water. They teach driving in extreme conditions, but most of all they teach to avoid risk. Drive in such a way that you can always predict what the other driver will do on the road, the instructors say. Make your life longer than your stopping distance.

We were brought here by Skoda, a popular car in Sweden. Also shown is a mannequin with its head torn off. It's the same with a person. Again - at the time of the collision, the head weighs 385 kg.