Why I removed my headrests..

In my defense - how many classic cars have head rests? Go ahead and do a Google image search. Try going to a car show and calling someone dumb for driving around their prize '65 Mustang. I get that headrests are designed for safety, but it is not like disabling the seatbelts or airbags. Poor visibility is itself a safety issue. I'm simply weighing the risk of going without a headrest vs. the risk of being in an accident because of poor visibility of trying to look through one.

 

yeah and alot of older/classic cars dont have seat belts. whats your point. you are making a safe vehicle unsafe to drive.

 

There's a big difference between driving around a vehicle that never had safety features and deliberately removing or disabling a safety feature. If you get rear ended in an old, classic car, the same thing would happen, severe whiplash. Also, I would venture to say that the typical Tacoma owner puts many more miles on their truck than someone cruising in their prize '65 Mustang... The Tacoma is perfectly safe to be operated with the headrests in place, you just need to learn to use your mirrors or get blind spot mirrors.

 

And adding even more to the argument, older vehicles don't have the safety advances that have been incorporated in todays vehicles. This is just asinine. Your life OP, but seriously, learn to look out the vehicle better. If you have that much of a problem seeing out of a mid-size truck you should leave the headrests in place for your own safety.

 

Those things work great,

I noticed also they come standard on some new cars,

I think I saw them on a new Explorer the other day.

 

Comparing the safety features of a vehicle that was made in the last decade compared to one that was made 60 years ago is just retarded. They never had air bags, seat belts, headrests. Those advances in safety weren't made yet. Through the advancements of technology, safety, this is why they're in now. They serve a purpose.

Your argument of using classic cars is just a way for you to justify your thread about not having headrests. In the end it's your life, do what you want with it. Enjoy the side effects and your life ahead if you are in an accident. You should take some drivers training and learn how to use look into your blind spots with your headrests in. It's common sense of driving. But nothing about your starting post OP has common sense in it.

 

Something along these lines is what I was thinking.

 

Google Ralph Nader, Corvair, Mustang.

I've noticed a lot of new cars and crossover designes with abysmale blind spots because of tiny, narrow rear windows at the back corners. Magnum, Murano, Evoque, many others...

Combined with the average driver's "skills," I'm surprised the roads aren't painted in red.

 

Head rest is an old term. It needs to be forgotten they are not there to rest your head while driving they are there to protect your neck and back in an accident. The true name for what you removed is head restraint. The average adult human head weights 10 to 11 pounds thats a lot of Inertia moving around even in a low speed rear end collision.

 

You should also remove your seat belts and airbags while you are at it. Natural selection at work here.

 

Not having headrests is really bad ju-ju.

Because science is fun, and whiplash isn't I'll just leave this here:
http://www.aps.k12.co.us/gateway/academics/science_dept_pages/documents/C3S4SE.pdf

 

This is a joke... right?

 

I tried this mod in my single axle dump truck and a buddies box truck. I really didn't notice much difference.........

 

Wait... so you mean it's possible to drive safely without being able to see out the back windows?? :mindblown:

 

Am I the only person who angles the side mirrors to the blind spot? Can't see the sides of my truck when backing into a parking spot (which is fine by me), but it eliminates blind spots for highway driving.

 

Couldn't have said it better.

OP ... get some blind spot stick on mirrors (that's what I did in my AC).

And PUT YOUR HEADRESTS BACK IN, before what you never think will happen to you does!

 

Hmmm ... you're right ... disregard my previous post.

 

Since that is what they are for, I doubt it.

But I have mine angled for reverse parking just so I can see a hair of my fender flares and the line. After reversing semi trailers for years when in college, I can't help it.

 

And, good luck getting ANY insurance company to pay for your broke neck when you removed the safety devices from your rig. Whether your fault or not....you'll be hung out to dry on that one.

 

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