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A Procedure for Evaluating Motor Vehicle Head Restraints (Issue 3) March 2008 Source: Research Council for Automobile Repairs Available: /papers.htm A Procedure for Evaluating Motor Vehicle Head Restraints Research Council for Automobile Repairs 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3.4 “Active head restraint” means a device designed to automatically improve head restraint geometry during This procedure enables the user to evaluate the an impact. geometry of head restraints with respect to their ability to reduce neck injuries in vehicle rear impacts. Various 3.5 “Automatically adjusting head restraint” means statistical and biomechanical research studies have a head restraint that automatically adjusts the position illustrated the importance of head restraints in limiting of the head restraint when the seat position is adjusted. neck injuries in vehicle rear impacts. Head restraint geometry, the horizontal and vertical measurement 3.6 “Locking” refers to an adjustable head restraint between the head and the restraint, has been shown to fitted with a device to prevent inadvertent movement be important in reducing the so-called “whiplash” injury. from its adjusted position. For example, when a rear Research has also indicated that optimising these seat occupant uses a front seat head restraint as hand measurements can reduce the likelihood of injury in hold to facilitate easy entry or exit from the vehicle. A rear crashes. With this in mind, the Research Council locking device may be fitted to both the horizontal and for Automobile Repairs (RCAR) has issued this vertical adjustments of the head restraint. A locking procedure to evaluate head restraints, based on