Your Car Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
The Book Automakers and Politicians Prefer You Not Read
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The CBS news program “60 minutes” presented an excellent program concerning the ludicrous status of federal safety regulations and manufacturers neglect in affording the public access to safer car seats. The program was hosted by Ed Bradley and aired February 16, 1992, yet little has been done since that presentation of deficiencies which have been known since at least as far back as 1978.
Only a seat with a slight forward tilt of the upper back area can give adequate upper back and shoulder support. Very few seats in existence accomplish this task. My input into the recommended development of the BMW comfort seat with an adjustable upper seat back provides the best necessary positioning of the upper back for anatomic comfort. This also provides for better adjustment and comfort in positioning the headrest, which, even in this fine car, needs to be redesigned and redeveloped for a better combination of safety and comfort, as I soon expressed to the marketing and development people after my first road test.
Exaggerated seat bolsters are an unnecessary evil when it comes to daily – driven passenger cars. It is simply amazing how the manufacturers fall for the inane advice given by automotive journal car-testers for “more bolsters, more bolstering, inadequate bolsters, inadequate bolstering”, just as they do for more speed, more torque, more road feel, and all those other frustrated boy-racer clichés which they use in writing their articles.
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About the Book
A valuable asset to those with various orthopedic problems
including the lower back, neck, and arms, it describes a system for evaluating
the orthopedic status of the individual with relationship to the selection of
the car seat. The author's extensive experience and personal research concerning
the improvement of the interior air quality of the automobile so as to minimize
lung problems will be a rewarding guide to better respiratory health for all
car-buyers. The renewed worldwide interest in the toxic effects of the new car
smell is presented in an enlightening combination of personal experiences accompanied
by past and present worldwide research into this often misunderstood and neglected
concern. It is the only book ever written which deals with the heretofore unappreciated
facets of one's health as it relates to automobile ownership. A must - read
guide and reference for the car-buying public.
About the Author
A lifelong automobile enthusiast, he has achieved an international
reputation as a free-lance automotive consultant. His special interests have
centered around automobile seats, "clean air" ventilation systems
and the new car smell. The efforts he has expended over the past two decades
have begun to show positive results in improving all three of the aforementioned
concerns.