Re: IIHS says Audis have poor headrests

["A. G. R. Sutherland" <agrs@ohm.york.ac.uk>]

On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, John Allred wrote:

> This came from the Mercedes mailing list (the wife's car is a 1985
> 300SD):
> 
>         Car models rated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
> for headrest design in protecting the average male from neck injury
> in rear-end collisions. The institute's headrest measurements were
> based on the distance from the back of the occupant's head to the
> front of the headrest and the top of the occupant's head to the top
> of the headrest. The institute said the head should be close to the
> restraint and at least as high as the head's center of gravity.
> Models with an (f) have fixed headrests.
> -- 
> John Allred (jallred@spdg.com)
> Stratos Product Development Group, Seattle, WA

   This has got to be the biggest load of bollocks ever.
  I have a very prominent bone in the top of my spine which causes great 
  pain when driving long distances, thus one of my considerations when 
  buying a car is the usefullness of the headrest. My current Audi 4000
  has the best headrest of any car I have ever driven it fits snuggly 
  into my neck and I can drive that car non stop on a full tank until
  it is empty without any discomfort. 

  Arthur Sutherland
  agrs@ohm.york.ac.uk