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This is obviously a good thing - we should use crash dummies of all shapes and sizes, as people come in all shapes and sizes too. I wonder though if the statis
by flumpcakes 4y ago
This is obviously a good thing - we should use crash dummies of all shapes and sizes, as people come in all shapes and sizes too.
I wonder though if the statistics about male vs female injuries are down to personal choice of car rather than testing methodology. It would be good to see a break down of the statistics based on car model etc.
For example, it is much more likely that a woman would own certain types of cars, at least in the EU. Some models are even referred to as "girly" in media. These typically are the more compact, city style cars like the Fiat 500. Likewise, it is much more likely for a man to be driving a larger white van, or any types of trades vehicle.
This hasn't got much to do with the article itself, I just often see statistics used with very tenuous causal relationships. This does matter if the goal is to reduce the % of women's injuries as we need to change marketing and society as a whole, rather than just using a more feminine crash dummy.
- mberning 4y agoIt’s not practical. Crashing cars is expensive and you need consistent data. You cannot use a different dummy on each test and expect to make sense of the data. The best we could do is come up with an acceptable model and use that for all/most tests. If we could accurately model crashes in software then there would be no limitation on doing thousands of crashes with all different dummy types.