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Size, but not shape. The IIHS use the same adult male body shape as the NHSTA, just scaled down to supposedly represent women (and it's scaled down way too far,
by hannasanarion 5y ago
Size, but not shape. The IIHS use the same adult male body shape as the NHSTA, just scaled down to supposedly represent women (and it's scaled down way too far, it's actually more representative of a 12-year-old girl than an adult woman), and it is never placed in a driver seat.
- bryanlarsen 5y agoBeing scaled down too far is a good thing, based on the assumption that a larger female is better represented by the male dummy than a smaller female would be. IOW an average female is probably well protected as long as both the small female dummy and average male dummy are. If we used an average female dummy, then any female smaller than average isn't covered by the test.