07-30-2012, 09:39 AM
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Location: Colorado Springs,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Backdraft, supercharged Coyote
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Originally Posted by G-Pete
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Headrests protect you from high kinetic energy braking your neck - that all.
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That's all? Isn't that enough? The whole point of high back seats is to prevent hyperextension of the neck in a rear impact.
I'v been working in one ER or another for the last 35 years. I can't even begin to count the number of crippling neck injuries I'v seen from low back seats over the years. And I don't mean just injuries that put you in a wheel chair. Some "minor" injuries from low impact crashes left people with chronic neck pain, chronic daily headaches, and permanent disability.
Imagine having a migrain headache every day of your life.
The tall seats may not look right in these cars, but I wouldn't do without them for the same reason I won't ride a motorcycle without a helmet - I'v seen what happens when you don't.
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