• bluewing@lemm.ee
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    2 个月前

    Oh it’s ‘blatantly’ true that the headrest are for safety. The problem is engineers can’t design a perfect one size fits all. So things are designed around averages. It’s the best they can do.

    If you fall outside of those averages at either end well, there is going to be more risk. As a male who is above average height, automotive headrests add more risk for me just as they do for a smaller woman.

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      2 个月前

      But they can make a headrests that do that. My car’s headrests can tilt forward or back depending on your preference. And it was made in the 2010’s, so it’s not like this is a super old, or new, development.
      Making them adjustable makes the most sense as it allows people to adjust it to what they need, rather than just designing for the average person. The seats themselves are adjustable; you can slide them forward and back, up and down, some even tilt them forward or back. The headrests should be no different.

      • bluewing@lemm.ee
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        2 个月前

        Then design one that passes all the required testing and market it. Just because it seems easy doesn’t mean that it IS easy. And your old car was quite possibly built under different guidelines. Meaning that they no longer meet safety standards.