“By making a new and improved female crash test dummy, that will improve safety for everybody,” Brandon Perry, research engineer at Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, said. Right now in the U.S ...

We've all seen a crash test dummy ... one of which is a test that simulates a situation where a car makes contact with a pole from the side and uses a small adult female dummy.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash ... its test vehicles with two types of dummy. One dummy represents a 50th-percentile male, and the other represents a 5th-percentile female ...

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska introduced a bill on Tuesday requiring the use of female crash test dummies. The She DRIVES Act also requires the National Highway Traffic ...

Today, the dummies used during crash testing are modeled after the average height and weight of an adult male. This bill would require the use of a female crash test dummy in addition to the male ...

The She Develops Regulations In Vehicle Equality and Safety Act would require the use of a female crash test dummy during crash testing in addition to the male dummy. Currently, only dummies modeled ...

Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have reintroduced legislation calling for the modernization of vehicle safety tests, including the use of female crash test dummies. The “She ...

Your device does not support the audio. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST)—Deb ...

Senator Deb Fischer reintroduces bill to use female dummies in vehicle safety testing Right now in the U.S., only adult males are used as a crash test dummy. Right now in the U.S., only adult males ...