That's to correct your posture, soon you'll have a mighty hump!
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Does anyone else have the opposite problem? I feel like head rests are* always too far back. If I place my head flat against them then more often than not I'm in an uncomfortable driving position because my neck is tilted back and up. I have to lean forward to drive most cars and it really annoys me.
Edit: I'm starting to think that a lot of you drive with the seat in an upright position. I sit at a slight recline because it's easier on my back. Maybe that's the problem.
Older cars were like that, but more recently usually have headsets that can adjust forward and back
Define "older". I've never owned a car newer than 10 years old, and plenty of 10-15 year old cars have this problem.
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Perhaps you live in a place with different vehicle safety requirements. In the US, uncomfortable forward-tilted headrests are mandated by the federal government.
I'm in the US.
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Also office chairs with headrests, for whatever reason.
I hate those long distance busses. If you sit up straight, the headrest is in your back. If you slouch down to get your head at the headrest so you can get some rest, the question becomes where to put your legs without pain and discomfort.
Its even worse when you're taller than the designer expected and sitting up straight leaning back just means tilting my head backwards over the headrest.
I am very short, and sit up rather straight. My head hits what should be the most comfortable parts of every kind of seating in the most uncomfortable way. This is an accurate representation of the sensation, when curved neck portion ends up at top of your skull, and doubly so, if it's a bucket seat. Special cushions help, in certain vehicles, which can also alleviate the seatbelt going practically across your throat. Our old Outback is tolerable, which is lovely.
We have a couple IKEA Poang chairs at home, and I need to make pillow booster-seats for the damned things, or it's just this image, lol
I'm tall and long in the torso. The last serious car accident I was in my head bashed against the ceiling in a frightening way. Or, it would have been frightening if I had any memory of it. I had a brush burn on my forehead which could only have happened if my head was pushed way back from hitting the ceiling. Before you ask, I always wear a seatbelt.
Anyway, that's not why I'm replying. I'm generally ok with car headrests, although I usually have to lean the seat back pretty far to just fit in.
I bought a new office chair. I specifically chose one without a headrest, but it showed up with one anyway. At it's highest adjustment it sits right between my shoulders.
The world seems designed to fit such a narrow range of people.
Fact is, if you aren't in the central bell curve, then you aren't a profitable sector. Everything is tailored to the average these days in order to have the largest potential pool of customers from which to extract profit. If only one out of every ten people is tall enough to have problems with "regular sized" objects then that means only one out of every ten people are potential customers for your Big&Tall products. 99% of companies will elect to target the other 9/10 instead, even in a saturated market.
I just bought a 2024 Prius and as a short person I can attest that it's the best short-people car I've ever had. While it does suffer from most of the issues you would assume from not testing with shorter dummies, those issues don't really get in the way like they do in other cars. The seat and headrest feel great, the seatbelt is adjustable on the side so it won't cut into your neck, and it's very easy to get in and out of. 10/10 car for us short people.
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Crash test ratings probably.
So your neck doesn't whip back and keeps your spine in line.
Car head rests, couches, waiting room chairs. This world was not built for tall people
I hate this so much
I don't think my head ever touches my headrest when I'm driving. Rarely, I'll lean back while sitting still, but that's the only time I'm ever even aware of it.
This is correct. The headrest is meant for you to bang your head on in frustration while stuck in traffic
And doing so releases calming spores that manipulate your brain into thinking that driving is a good idea and that public transport is treason.
It’s designed to be slightly uncomfortable to keep people from falling asleep at the wheel.
That’s what I believe it to be. I adjusted it to lean back and it was too comfortable to drive.
Same thing on planes.
"They need something to rest their head on!" --> adds something that nobody asked for and nobody needs --> "I'm helping you :) "
Exactly! They are the absolute worst on long flights. I can manage the limited leg room. But why the fuck does my head need to be pushed 2 inches ahead of my back and shoulders? And why can't those flaps on the side of the head rest be more substantial so you can rest your head to either side at least? My strategy has been to lift the headrest as high as it will go, and usually I am short enough for it to clear my head so I can have some semblance of comfort.
To protect you from whiplash. Just so you know, the seats are adjustable...
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Because you haven't adjusted it right?
Well it fits my posture perfectly 🤷♂️
I always lower the back of the seat as much as possible and raise the front as much as possible so I'm planted in the seat. I can pick up both get without sliding out of the seat. Then I recline a little bit so I can rest my head comfortably. I have seen those more modern headrests that seem to stick way out from the seat. Not sure who those are for.