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> US crash safety tests only use dummies in the size and shape of adult males. Crash safety for women and children is not tested. I think this is false. Under

> US crash safety tests only use dummies in the size and shape of adult males. Crash safety for women and children is not tested. I think this is false. Under the NHTSA's "crash test dummies currently in service", they use dummies with the size and weight of men, women, children, and infants. https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsas-crash-test-dummies https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsas-crash-test-dummies

hannasanarion 5y ago
"Size" is dubious, "shape" is outright wrong. All of the dummies have the exact same shape: the adult male dummy re-scaled to various sizes. Meaning they are testing the weight distribution, muscle strength, and body shape of men, just at different scales. And the scale is totally unrealistic: the "woman" dummy is 4'11" and 100 pounds, smaller than 95% of women in the world, and it is never tested in the driver seat.
- rootsudo 5y ago
  " smaller than 95% of women in the world," No, smaller than a majority (don't wish to state 95%) of USA women, sure. But of the world, no. https://www.worlddata.info/average-bodyheight.php https://www.worlddata.info/average-bodyheight.php
- jessriedel 5y ago
  > All of the dummies have the exact same shape: the adult male dummy re-scaled to various sizes. No. You can confirm this by clicking on my link. The 3-year-old child's head is vastly larger in proportion to its body than the adult male's.
BrianHenryIE 5y ago
> it took until 2003 for NHTSA to put [a female dummy] in the car. > female dummy either rides as a passenger or doesn’t participate in the test at all > Currently, there is no physical crash test dummy that represents an average adult female anywhere in the world. A thorough article on it: https://news.yahoo.com/crash-test-bias-male-focused-140226847.html https://news.yahoo.com/crash-test-bias-male-focused-14022684...

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> US crash safety tests only use dummies in the size and shape of adult males. Crash safety for women and children is not tested. I think this is false. Under

by jessriedel 5y ago

hannasanarion 5y ago
"Size" is dubious, "shape" is outright wrong. All of the dummies have the exact same shape: the adult male dummy re-scaled to various sizes. Meaning they are testing the weight distribution, muscle strength, and body shape of men, just at different scales. And the scale is totally unrealistic: the "woman" dummy is 4'11" and 100 pounds, smaller than 95% of women in the world, and it is never tested in the driver seat.
- rootsudo 5y ago
  " smaller than 95% of women in the world," No, smaller than a majority (don't wish to state 95%) of USA women, sure. But of the world, no. https://www.worlddata.info/average-bodyheight.php https://www.worlddata.info/average-bodyheight.php
- jessriedel 5y ago
  > All of the dummies have the exact same shape: the adult male dummy re-scaled to various sizes. No. You can confirm this by clicking on my link. The 3-year-old child's head is vastly larger in proportion to its body than the adult male's.
BrianHenryIE 5y ago
> it took until 2003 for NHTSA to put [a female dummy] in the car. > female dummy either rides as a passenger or doesn’t participate in the test at all > Currently, there is no physical crash test dummy that represents an average adult female anywhere in the world. A thorough article on it: https://news.yahoo.com/crash-test-bias-male-focused-140226847.html https://news.yahoo.com/crash-test-bias-male-focused-14022684...