"Whiplash protection" refers to a safety feature in cars that helps protect your neck and head from injury during a sudden impact or collision, preventing a whiplash effect.
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There are four - wheel disc brakes with antilock and traction and stability control; three - point belts and head restraints in all five seating positions; Volvo's WHIPS
whiplash protection system in both front seats; daytime running lamps; and an automatic time lock fuel lid, which locks automatically after a fill - up and after the car has been driven for a while.
The Crosstour also earned a «Good» rating for its head restraints / seats for
whiplash protection in rear impacts.
Standard for this luxury level SUV is the four - wheel anti-lock braking system with emergency brake assistance driver and front passenger dual stage airbags, side impact protection system front and rear side inflatable curtain airbags, driver and front passenger
whiplash protection seating system, collapsible steering column, roll stability control, daytime running lights, anti-submarine seats and pedestrian protection.
However, a geometric assessment of the rear seats indicated
poor whiplash protection for occupants in those seating positions.
Tests indicated good protection against whiplash injuries for the front seat occupants and a geometric assessment indicated
marginal whiplash protection for those in the rear seats.
A geometric assessment of the rear seats indicated a good level
of whiplash protection for occupants of those seats.
The new Audi A4 boasts many standard safety features, including side and curtain airbags, stability control, traction control, four - wheel ABS, safety belt reminder for driver and front passenger, and turn signal mirrors, as well as a post and pre-collision safety system and a driver / passenger head
restraint whiplash protection system.
The front seats and head restraints provided good protection against whiplash injuries in the event of a rear - end collision, and a geometric assessment of the rear seats indicated good
whiplash protection here too.
As expected, the XC60 is serious about safety with
standard whiplash protection, airbags, lower anchors and tethers for car seats, and roll stability control.
All Surface Progress Control, Torque Vectoring by Braking, Jaguar Drive Control, Dynamic Stability Control, Locking Wheel Nuts, Pedestrian Contact Sensing, Interior Door Handle with Separate Locking Switch Driver and Passenger only, Passive Front Head
Restaints Whiplash Protection, Hazard Lights Under Heavy Braking, 2
Tests on the front seats and head restraints demonstrated good protection
against whiplash protection in the event of a rear - end collision.
Azera meets the Top Safety Pick rating criteria by earning good ratings in a front and side crash test, rear impact test
assessing whiplash protection and a roof strength test to measure occupant protection in rollover crashes.
Euro NCAP understands that, despite generally good results and a five star rating, the Range Rover will soon be equipped with an improved head restraint to
bring whiplash protection in line with expectations for a car of this quality.
An autonomous emergency braking system is available but it is not standard equipment so its low -
speed whiplash protection was not assessed.
The current Mustang is not equipped with an autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system, which would have provided
greater whiplash protection.
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Standard features will
include whiplash protection (for the front seats), rear parking sensors, a rearview camera, antilock brakes, stability and traction control, full - length side curtain airbags, and front - seat side airbags.
In the side pole impact of the XF, chest protection was rated as weak and the car's seat and head restraint provided
marginal whiplash protection.
Standard safety features for all 2015 Darts, it's assumed, will remain 4 - wheel antilock brakes (ABS), traction and stability control, front and rear head airbags, front side - mounted airbags and front head
restraint whiplash protection.
When the RC lineup debuted last year it earned the top rating of «Good» from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in its small - overlap and moderate - overlap frontal - impact tests; it also scored the top rating of «Good» in side - impact, rollover performance and
whiplash protection from its front seats.
In Insurance Institute for Highway Safety the truck received a «Good» rating — the highest possible — for what its head restraint design offered for
whiplash protection in rear impacts.
Safety cage passenger compartment construction, Driver / front passenger
whiplash protection seating system (WHIPS) and ISO - FIX child seat attachments - inc: top tether seat anchors are among the many prestigious Volvo Safety Features found in the S40.
Tests on the front seats and head restraints demonstrated
good whiplash protection in the event of a rear - end collision.
The independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the A6 its highest rating of «Good» in the moderate - overlap frontal - offset, side - impact and roof - strength tests, while the A6's seat and head restraint design was also rated «Good» for
whiplash protection in rear impacts.
All seats have head restraints, and in Sport and Limited models, the front ones are forward - adjustable for better
whiplash protection.
Curtain air bags, seatbelt pretensioners,
whiplash protection, and all the other safety systems we've come to expect from Volvo are also in play here.
Standard equipment includes dual - stage front airbags, side - impact airbags, daytime running lights, all - disc antilock brakes and Volvo's
Whiplash Protection Seating System (WHIPS), which allows the front seatbacks to move rearward in a rear - end collision.
Front bucket seats - inc:
whiplash protection, height - adjustable head restraints, height - adjustable driver seat
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A whiplash protection system (WHIPS) was also introduced as part of the standard equipment.
Its seat / head restraint design was rated «Good» for
whiplash protection in rear impacts.
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