headrest design

I thought this was an interesting anecdote from Esther Gokhale, via her forum:

“Here’s an interesting note from a talk I gave recently at Johnson’s Controls in Ann Arbor (they make most of the car interiors in existence). The audience of 25 engineers included their ergonomics specialist. Every time I registered a complaint about some aspect of modern car seats, they would all look over at the ergonomics guy. At some point he stood up declaring that they are required by law to fit their designs to a certain mannequin who has (surprise!) his neck stuck forward. Head rests are no longer called head rests – they are now called head restraints. It’s about reducing whiplash injuries and their design is written into the law.

Our heads are forward so we have headrests that support our heads stuck forward which perpetuate the problem of our heads being stuck forward.”

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