Cuando entras en tu vehículo, te sientas en el asiento del conductor y empiezas a conducir, ¿has pensado alguna vez que podría verse implicado en un accidente? Aunque nadie quiere verse implicado en un accidente, la posibilidad de sufrirlo está presente cada vez que conducimos. Aunque usted sea consciente de la probabilidad de verse implicado en un accidente de coche en cualquier momentoPuede que no sepa que incluso una colisión leve puede hacer que los respaldos de los asientos fallen y que usted o sus seres queridos sufran lesiones graves e incluso mortales. El Volt de Chevroletespecíficamente el modelo 2017, ha sido examinado recientemente por... fallos en el respaldo. No obstante, los respaldos de los asientos del vehículo cumplen los requisitos federales. El vehículo también está libre de retiradas relacionadas con fallos en los respaldos de los asientos. Basándonos en esto, muchos de nosotros podríamos suponer que los fallos de los respaldos de los asientos son un problema bastante reciente. Por el contrario, los fallos de los respaldos son un problema bien conocido en la industria del automóvil desde hace décadas.

¿Qué ocurre cuando falla el respaldo de un asiento?

Lo primero que hay que entender es que todos los vehículos deben cumplir normas federales de seguridad antes de estar a disposición de los consumidores. Todos los vehículos en los que se han detectado fallos en los respaldos han superado estas normas. Sin embargo, los un mal diseño, una mala instalación del asiento y el uso de materiales inadecuados pueden contribuir al fallo del respaldo del asiento. Dado que los asientos cumplen las directrices federales incluso cuando existen estos problemas, muchos fabricantes de automóviles siguen ignorando este problema de seguridad. ¿Qué ocurre realmente cuando falla un respaldo? Seat backs generally fail in rear-end collisions – that is, in the vehicle that was rear-ended. When vehicles are hit from behind, both the driver and passenger seats can collapse (usually backwards). This leaves the occupants of the seats without any form of back support, allowing them to be launched in nearly every direction. Studies have shown that in most cases of seat back failures, the occupants of the seats that failed are likely to be lanzado hacia atrás en la zona del asiento trasero. Por supuesto, esto depende de muchos factores, incluyendo la fuerza de la colisión - una colisión por detrás a 5 millas por hora es menos probable que cause un fallo del respaldo del asiento que una colisión por detrás a 5 millas por hora. colisión por alcance a 50 kilómetros por hora, por ejemplo.

Peligros para el conductor y los pasajeros delanteros

Consider the following hypothetical scenario. An individual is on the way home from work, so he is driving alone. While stopped at a red light, the driver looks in the rearview mirror and realizes that a vehicle is approaching and does not seem to be coming to a stop. Within just a few seconds, the collision occurs. Although the collision did not occur at a high rate of speed, the driver of the rear-ended vehicle sustains critical injuries. The seat back in the vehicle failed against the force of the collision, causing the driver the launch backwards into the rear passenger seats. The individual’s head meets the backs of the rear seats with significant force- the individual sustains a brain injury and a crushing cervical injury. One of the main consequences of the incident is the victim’s paralysis. In this situation, the driver’s seat back failed and severely injured the driver; however, it is also possible for the front passenger’s seat back to fail and severely injure the front passenger.

Peligros para los pasajeros traseros, especialmente los niños

Failing seat backs do not just pose a severe threat to the occupants in the driver and front passenger seats that can fail, but also to the passengers sitting in the rear seats. One auto manufacturer in particular, after accusations regarding their failing seat backs, claimed that their seats were designed to do just what they were doing. The auto manufacturer claimed that the knees of a rear passenger were supposed to prevent the seat from going all the way back and launching the driver/front-passenger backwards. Regardless of whether this detail is true, auto manufacturers seem to have forgotten that the majority of rear passengers are children – children in car seats, children in booster seats, and children sitting directly on seats. When sitting in the back seat, children – specifically, their face/head – are lower than adults. When seat backs fail, some angles can prove deadly for children. In situations in which the occupant of the failing seat is launched backwards, the back of the driver/front-passenger’s head can collide with the front of the child’s head (when the child is seating directly behind the failing seat). In situations in which the seat simply falls backwards, the highest part of the seat/headrest portion could strike the child’s head. For children, these injuries are often fatal. If children survive, there is a significant risk that the injuries suffered will be permanent and life-changing.

El respaldo de mi asiento ha fallado en un accidente de tráfico por alcance, ¿y ahora qué?

¿Su accidente de coche por alcance ¿Le ha fallado el respaldo del asiento? Dependiendo de los detalles específicos del accidente, usted podría haber sufrido una variedad de lesiones - lesiones que podrían cambiarle la vida. Si había un pasajero trasero directamente detrás del respaldo del asiento que falló, también es posible que el ocupante del asiento del pasajero trasero sufriera lesiones graves, si no mortales.

Si usted o un miembro de su familia sufrió lesiones graves que le cambiaron la vida en un accidente que provocó el fallo del respaldo del asiento, puede tener motivos para emprender acciones legales. Concretamente, podría tener motivos para emprender acciones legales contra más de una parte. Sin duda, podría interponer una demanda against the party that directly caused your accident. After all, if the driver that rear-ended your vehicle was being reckless or negligent (by texting and driving, driving under the influence, speeding, or ignoring traffic laws for example), he or she should definitely be held accountable. The problem here is that although this party caused the accident, this party did not directly cause your seat back to fail leading to the severe harm suffered. Because of this, the party that directly caused the accident will not likely be found liable for the accident and the harm suffered. However, seat back failures significantly affect the harm caused by even seemingly minor rear-end accidents. Because of this, the auto manufacturers could also be held accountable for the harm resulting from seat back failures. Could manufacturers be liable even if their seat backs met federal requirements? Federal requirements for seat backs are so lax that even banquet chairs can effectively meet them. Auto manufactures often times use weak materials paired with poor designs for their seat backs. In addition to poor seat installation, all these factors could results in seat backs failing – even if the seat backs meet minimum federal requirements. Auto manufacturers are aware of this danger, and they continue to fail to make their seat backs safer. In fact, only a few auto manufacturers have implemented changes to reduce the risk of seat backs failing; all other auto manufacturers continue to ignore the danger. Because auto manufacturers are aware of the risk that their seat backs represent to their consumers and they fail to take any action, auto manufacturers could be held accountable for all the harm caused directly by their failing seat backs. What does this mean? Depending on the specific details of the accident and how you were affected, you could pursue a claim – a claim against the driver that caused your accident and a claim against the auto manufacturer that knowingly put unsafe seat backs in their vehicles. If you would like to learn more about your right to pursue a claim after the harm suffered in a car accident due to a seat back failure, do not hesitate solicitar asistencia jurídica lo antes posible.