Various researches have shown that people who are aware of a collision and brace before the impact have less injury and long term outcomes. So people should brace for impact as when you brace the muscles in your neck can better protect the nerves, discs and ligaments and if you stay relaxed then these ligaments, discs, nerves will take more force and would result in more injury.
Explanation: Well for starters Valparaiso is further away from the equator, and Australia is already really hot. But say that Valparaiso is further from the equator should be good enough.