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fromFortune
1 week ago
Public health

Car-crash injury risks are higher for women but the government has only used male crash test dummies for years. That's finally changing | Fortune

fromFortune
5 months ago
Women

Car safety tests are still using the same 47-year-old crash test dummy modeled after a man

fromFortune
1 week ago
Public health

Car-crash injury risks are higher for women but the government has only used male crash test dummies for years. That's finally changing | Fortune

fromFortune
5 months ago
Women

Car safety tests are still using the same 47-year-old crash test dummy modeled after a man

US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

The female crash test dummy has been a long time coming but she isn't here yet

A new female crash test dummy, the THOR-05F, addresses anatomical differences to improve vehicle safety for women.
fromFast Company
5 months ago

Why crash test dummies used in car safety tests are still modeled after men

Kuhn discovered that crash test dummies are modeled mainly on male bodies, leading to a significant risk for women in car accidents due to outdated testing practices.
Women in technology
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