Rubber necking could lead to a whiplash injury claim

Have you ever slowed down after spotting police cars and ambulances racing down the motorway to try and grab a sly look at what's going on after a car accident? If this is the case you may find yourself having to make a whiplash injury claim for compensation.

Unfortunately, humans seem to have a rather macabre instinct which drives us to enjoy watching blood-curdling horror films, take pleasure in looking at our friends' personal injuries and take part in the act of rubber necking'. Rubber necking is the name given to the act of craning your neck to have a look at the results of an accident or ill-fated incident, particularly road accidents.

First of all, suddenly slowing right down in a build up of traffic after an accident is likely to see you involved in a car accident of your own where you risk sustaining a whiplash injury or other serious personal injuries.

Secondly, suddenly jerking your neck to get a glimpse of gore is likely to end up in you sustaining a painful neck injury to the cervical spine, for which, however, you will not be able to make a whiplash injury claim because there will be no one to blame but yourself.

Who knows when this fascination with the misfortune of other started? But it seems to be pretty firmly set. Of course, an influx of reality TV shows such as Big Brother and Wife Swap where we enjoy watching people undertake gruelling tasks and revel in their suffering is certainly not helping to eradicate such behaviour.

Is there anything we can do about it? Well, short of establishing a law that abolishes all rubber necking post car accidents which would be quite difficult to enforce, no not really. It is down to motorists to remember that it can be dangerous to try and peek at car accident wrecks and that by relishing in someone else's misfortune they could up causing the need for numerous personal injury compensation claims to be made.

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