martybegan
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The government standards have not been updated since the 70’s, Marty. The average female body type they use is at the 5th percentile, which is 106 pounds.Rep. Norton want car companies to be required to use more female crash test dummies to help improve car safety standards. The article (if you read past the headline) actually makes a compelling case for Norton's bill.
The dummies used currently, all made to government standards.
NHTSA’s Crash Test Dummies | NHTSA
Plenty of representation here, and setting quotas for tests only makes it harder for the people running the tests to get the data they are looking for.
This is a solution in search of a problem, nothing more than some Dem congresscritter trying to get in some woke bonus points.
I know some are compelled to resist it simply b/c it was proposed by a Democrat, but the article makes a strong case for Norton. I’m interested in at least looking into the matter instead of just dismissing it outright.
The male percentile is probably just as skewed, but because of the current woke meta, the spin is that somehow women are getting shafted by the guys with the slide rules.
Car crash survivability has improved measurably, and the technology has to start getting even better if the trends will be towards smaller vehicles.
To me the bigger thing to figure out is the changes in car makeup brought about by batteries replacing ICE's.