RE: headrest replacement options?

[Charudatt <charu@iced.com>]

	Robert Myers[SMTP:rmyers@inetone.net] wrote:

	>>After reading the list for a few weeks I've seen no discussion
of the
	>>design and utility of standard Audi head-rests so I'll ask (in
the hope
	>>that this is not something already beaten to death and a total
waste of
	>>bandwidth): does anyone else think that the standard headrests
are just
	>>about useless? 

	>Ah.  But these "head rests" are not designed to be a place for
you to rest
	>your head (and perhaps get so comfortable that you fall
asleep).  They are
	>intended to stop your head from flying backward and injuring
you during a
	>rear end collision.  They serve this function quite well.

	>---snip---


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	>   Bob

	I'm not sure I buy that argument.

	If they were truly just "head-restraints" as opposed to head
rests then they would still function more effectively if they were
closer to the back the head so that if the car was rear ended and the
head snapped backward, a shorter travel would mean a lower velocity
before the head restraint stopped the head-neck movement- translating to
lower impact and better protection.

	-Charu