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New Crash Test Dummies Will Gain A Few Pounds To Better Reflect Fatalities Of..
2014 Nov 4, 12:55am 1,586 views 10 comments
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Ceffer
2014 Nov 4, 1:01am
They crash more because their fingers are too fucking fat to text properly.
Tenpoundbass
2014 Nov 4, 1:11am
One more Liberal parting dig on Fat Ass.
Way to go assholes way to alienate your self out of the senate.
Tenpoundbass
2014 Nov 4, 1:13am
Will seats get bigger to fit the larger dummy, or are they taking a size 5 dummy and putting lead in it. You know Liberal science. This is a weight issue and not girth and seat size exercise.
Ceffer
2014 Nov 4, 1:30am
The are also littering the chassis with fast food dummies and packaging to see if the projectiles influence the outcome.
Cop dummies will have donut and coffee cup dummies.
zzyzzx
2014 Nov 4, 1:56am
The are also littering the chassis with fast food dummies and packaging to see if the projectiles influence the outcome.
Ceffer
2014 Nov 4, 3:36am
Now that marijuana is being legalized, they will also have to have hookah dummies amidst the munchy trash.
Dan8267
2014 Nov 4, 6:33am
New Crash Test Dummies Will Gain A Few Pounds To Better Reflect Fatalities Of Obese Drivers
In related news... The gel used in the heads of crash test dummies to simulate brain injury will be replace with cheddar cheese to better reflect injuries in conservative voters.
Tenpoundbass
2014 Nov 6, 12:19am
Those people are mentally ill, and there should at least be a road rule that cars must be free of rubbish, debris, and garbage, that can be visibly seen by other passengers.
And not because slovenly house keepers should be publicly shamed, but because it's a fire hazard, and a danger to everyone else.
What do you think would happen if that car was on the freeway going the average speed of 85 mph and his cigarette fell in the paper pile he has in that car?
http://consumerist.com/2014/10/31/new-crash-test-dummies-will-gain-a-few-pounds-to-better-reflect-fatalities-of-obese-drivers/
New Crash Test Dummies Will Gain A Few Pounds To Better Reflect Fatalities Of Obese Drivers
We've all seen the dummies used in tests to determine if vehicles are safe before hitting the streets. Remember that picture, because the dummies are getting a makeover to better represent Americans' growing waistlines.
CNN reports that one of the world's largest makers of dummies will soon provide an obese model in order to help determine why larger consumers are more likely to die in a car crash.
The new obese dummy, which will weigh about 273 pound and have a body mass index of 35, will be used to measure seatbelt and airbag loads generated during crashes. Traditional crash test dummies weigh 167 pounds.
Christopher O'Connor, president and CEO of Humanetics, tells CNN that the larger dummies were created after reports found that obese people are 78% more likely to die in a crash.
“The reason is the way we get fat,” he says. “We get fat in our middle range. And we get out of position in a typical seat.”
Officials with the Center for Injury Biometrics tell CNN that the idea behind the updated dummy is to do a better job of prediction injury.
O'Connor says a prototype of the new dummy has already been tested in Europe and are expected in the U.S. next year.