Democratic Congresswoman Calls For ‘Gender Equality’ In Crash Test Dummies

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.
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.

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.
 
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 costs of vehicles with all of this is insane.
 
Hey PROGS, since since crash-dummies are discriminatory now, then surely you can provide data that shows women are killed in car accidents at a higher rate than men.

GO!
 
A couple of excerpts from the link.

“More important than differences in average height between males and females, there are also biological differences in anatomy, such as average neck strength and posture, that affect how female and male bodies react in a crash,” Norton’s office said in a statement.

“Females are not just smaller versions of males,” co-scientific director of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Kristy Abrogast said, according to Consumer Reports. “They’re put together differently. Their material properties–their structure– is different.”
Yeah but a headline like "Democrat Congresswoman calls for crash dummies to accurately represent female anatomy" wont get as many clicks as they can get with the targeted one..
 
Why do they want to see female dummies torn to pieces in car wrecks?

That's just sick.

I'm assuming she would like recommendations for car safety standards to be more calibrated toward women, particularly women who are driving rather than riding as a passenger. As was pointed out in the article, women are not just smaller, lighter men. Our physiology is quite different.
 
That's not the only problem with crash test dummies.

Notice how there are non black or asian dummies either? Nor are their LGBTQ+ dummies?

Time to make the crash test industry to look like America instead of having this occupation done strictly by Normative, white, Christian Cismale dummies.

I thought at first this was going to be a focus on the appearance of the dummies, as well. But I think she's actually making some good points.
 
That's not the only problem with crash test dummies.

Notice how there are non black or asian dummies either? Nor are their LGBTQ+ dummies?

Time to make the crash test industry to look like America instead of having this occupation done strictly by Normative, white, Christian Cismale dummies.


Sounds like you're running for Congress....
 
Just the FACT that the Dementocrats have more interest in large chunks of plastic, and have NO interest in the problems of human beings, should be reason enough to eliminate them all!!

That is completely unfair. Maybe you should have read the article.

“More important than differences in average height between males and females, there are also biological differences in anatomy, such as average neck strength and posture, that affect how female and male bodies react in a crash,” Norton’s office said in a statement.

Car companies still typically use a dummy modeled off of the 50th percentile male, which was standardized in the 1970’s, according to Consumer Reports. The dummy is a 171-pound, five-foot nine-inch male, even though the average male today is 26 pounds heavier, according to the report.

While males tend to drive more miles than women and are more likely to speed, drive under the influence and not wear a seatbelt, according to Consumer Reports, women are more likely to die.

Female drivers and passengers are roughly 17% more likely to be killed in a car crash than a male occupant of the same age, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

“Females are not just smaller versions of males,” co-scientific director of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Kristy Abrogast said, according to Consumer Reports. “They’re put together differently. Their material properties–their structure– is different.”


Sounds to me like, in the context of a transportation committee, she IS showing reasonable concern for actual people.
 
What about males that id as females and participate in female sports?

crash dummy.jpg
 
View attachment 496432Democrats with their majority control are focused like a laser on the key issues facing Americans.
And what of the other 57 Heinz Variety genders you ask? Obviously Democrats are sexist.

Not satire. Satire is impossible with what the Left do


Oh, you mean like say, an obsession with Dr. Suess, Mr. Potato Head, Brittany Spears, Snow White?...those are really important issues that need addressing. :) Oh yeah, and everything is "woke". (A term by the way the only the right uses. It officially went out of vogue like five years ago). Suffice to say, there are whack-a-doodles on both sides of the aisle. They're just in a plethora on the right hand side of the aisle.
Yes, the Lefts attacks on Dr Sue’s, Mr Potato Head, Pepe le Pew etc are just more examples of how mentally ill Democrats are.

Again, don't know what reality you card carrying members of the alt-right live in, but lefties weren't making hay out of Mr Potato Head's genitals. Republicans were.
Psstt...you do know that potatoes come out of the ground gender neutral...right?? :)
Shitforbrains, the topic of cartoon characters and children books only came up after you mentally ill leftards forced changes to fit your mentally derangement.
 
View attachment 496432Democrats with their majority control are focused like a laser on the key issues facing Americans.
And what of the other 57 Heinz Variety genders you ask? Obviously Democrats are sexist.

Not satire. Satire is impossible with what the Left do


Oh, you mean like say, an obsession with Dr. Suess, Mr. Potato Head, Brittany Spears, Snow White?...those are really important issues that need addressing. :) Oh yeah, and everything is "woke". (A term by the way the only the right uses. It officially went out of vogue like five years ago). Suffice to say, there are whack-a-doodles on both sides of the aisle. They're just in a plethora on the right hand side of the aisle.
Yes, the Lefts attacks on Dr Sue’s, Mr Potato Head, Pepe le Pew etc are just more examples of how mentally ill Democrats are.

Again, don't know what reality you card carrying members of the alt-right live in, but lefties weren't making hay out of Mr Potato Head's genitals. Republicans were.
Psstt...you do know that potatoes come out of the ground gender neutral...right?? :)
And you freaks feel the need to go after crash test dummies.
Leftists are freaks.
 
View attachment 496432Democrats with their majority control are focused like a laser on the key issues facing Americans.
And what of the other 57 Heinz Variety genders you ask? Obviously Democrats are sexist.

Not satire. Satire is impossible with what the Left do

There's actually some solid science behind that request. Women and men are built differently, in case you haven't noticed.

Ah no shit huh?

I'm sure Asians have something to say about "men are just bigger than women".

Since men and women are built differently, then it must be hard to admit the rhetoric spread by your kind about transgenders is all BS.
Just what "kind" do you think I am?
 

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