@article{ref1,
title="How people sit in cars: implications for driver and passenger safety in lateral collisions: the case for advanced restraints",
journal="Proceedings of the International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury conference",
year="1997",
author="Stabler, K.m. and Cullen, E. and Mackay, G. Murray and Parkin, S.",
volume="25",
number="",
pages="321-336",
abstract="This paper reports on how front seat occupants sit in cars relative to the B-pillar and cant rail. Car occupants were filmed unobtrusively in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). The results showed that 10.9% of drivers in the US, 2.9% of passengers in the US, and 7.2% of UK passengers had the top of the head level with or above the level of the cant rail. In addition, it was found that 42% of UK front seat passengers, 27.5% of US front seat passengers, and 18% of US drivers sit with their shoulder in line with or rearward of the B-pillar. The findings of the study clearly have implications for occupant safety in a side impact, and give support to an advanced restraint approach to side impact protection.<p />",
language="en",
issn="2235-3151",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}