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Head restraint in a Lincoln Town Car. Head restraints (also called headrests) are an automotive safety feature, attached or integrated into the top of each seat to limit the rearward movement of the adult occupant's head, relative to the torso, in a collision — to prevent or mitigate whiplash or injury to the cervical vertebrae.
1. HANS device, 2. Tether (one per side), 3. Helmet anchor (one per side), and 4. Shoulder support. Primarily made of carbon fiber reinforced polymer, the HANS device is shaped like a "U", with the back of the "U" set behind the nape of the neck and the two arms lying flat along the top of the chest over the pectoral muscles.
Aviation accident report, an official report by a national aviation authority regarding an aviation incident or accident; Security incident report, a report used to keep track of thefts, losses and other types of security events; Vehicle accident report or accident report form, a report about a traffic collision. Some jurisdictions mandate each ...
And not filing an accident report within the state-established timeframe could lead to the denial of your claim at a later date. If too much time has gone by, it could be harder to establish ...
Preserving the scene of an accident can lead to heavy traffic. But is it against the law?
Automatic emergency braking (AEB) — now a required technology for new cars — is particularly effective at reducing crashes. What that means, Cicchino says, is a reduction in smaller claims ...
Jeep Liberty undergoing rear-end crash testing at Chrysler's Proving Grounds A rear-end collision in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. The car failed to stop when the semi truck stopped at a roundabout. The car's bonnet can be seen deep under the rear of the lorry.
In the US 49/563.5 regulatory framework, Event data recorder is defined as a . a device or function in a vehicle that records the vehicle's dynamic time-series data during the time period just prior to a crash event (e.g., vehicle speed vs. time) or during a crash event (e.g., delta-V vs. time), intended for retrieval after the crash event.