Taken from the August 2022 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Newton's laws and car-crash claims".
Fraudsters routinely try to make money by pretending they have been injured in traffic accidents. But as Michael Hall explains, simple Newtonian physics can reveal which claims are genuine and which are bogus
You’ve reached the limit of what you can view on Physics World without registering
If you already have an account on Physics World, then please sign in to continue reading
If you do not yet have an account, please register so you can
- Access more than 20 years of online content
- Choose which e-mail newsletters you would like to receive
