Driving tips
How to adjust your headrest when driving
Citroen Argentina Cervix tells us the importance of apoyocabezas and good use of it as it is a fundamental element for passive safety of the car. The head restraints are vital for passive safety of the vehicle. With correct adjustment can reach a higher level of protection against cervical pain that it’s the most complaints to the insurance companies.
The mission of the head restraint is to hold the occupant’s head on its way back, without causing excessive tilt angles of the spine.
In a powerful shock (when a car hits another from behind), properly adjusted head restraint reduces the relative motion between the head and torso preventing excessive contraction and expansion of the neck. This is because the torso moves in one direction or another depending on the type of collision (front or rear), until finally retained by the seat back. This means that the head does not make this move at the same time the torso, but a few moments later, so that the neck undergoes a rocking motion or zing? Sag called whiplash.
As regulate it?
To properly regulate to keep in mind the height and separation from the head. Is achieved so that the top of the head restraint is to the same height as the top of the head. It is also important to be as close to it, without interfering with the movements necessary for driving: no closer than 4 inches. In addition, it should be blocked so that its position remains unchanged. Read the rest of this entry »