Head restraints in several passenger vehicles provided marginal or poor protection against neck injuries and whiplash, the insurance industry reported Thursday in new crash test results. Only 22 of 75 ...

Most drivers treat the padded piece behind their head as an afterthought, a comfort feature that happens to be there if they feel like leaning back. Seat engineers see something very different: a ...

To avoid pain associated with whiplash injury, safety considerations in cars could go beyond seat belts and airbags to examine the position of the driver and passenger head restraints, according to ...

GM has issued a new noncompliance recall for certain units of the 2025 Cadillac Lyriq that have an inaccurate description of rear-seat head restraint usage in the owner’s manual included with the ...

BMW entered the sport utility vehicle arena in 1999 with the first generation of the X5. The fourth came out 20 years later. Facelifted for the 2024 model year, the G05 is recalled stateside over an ...

If youve followed racing for the past two years, then you know what a head-and-neck restraint system is. You know why it exists and what it does to help prevent injuries to the brain. A head-and-neck ...

"By all accounts it was the most spectacular wreck of the Mid American Stock Car Series' 2012 season. It happened shortly before the halfway point of the 75 lap event during the Short Track National ...

What Is It: Auto makers are coming out with head-restraint systems designed to make being rear-ended less of a pain in the neck. When a car is hit from behind with enough force, occupants' bodies move ...

A reactive head restraint and car seat system designed to reduce whiplash in rear-end vehicle collisions has been unveiled by British engineers. The unique concept has been brought to life using ...