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LTC Eugene Chu
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Consumer Reports wrote a 2019 article about it as a legitimate issue. Car manufacturers and government agencies rely on unbiased data in order to ensure effective safety standards. Bodies react differently in car accidents based not only on size, but composition. Not including female dummies or relying on only one type of dummies can mean greater risk of injury or death due to improper "one size fit all" designs

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-safety/crash-test-bias-how-male-focused-testing-puts-female-drivers-at-risk/
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It is not one size fits all. NHTSA already does take factors into consideration. NHTSA "A lot of research goes into these dummies before they are put into use. Each of us differs in size and weight, so each crash test dummy is designed differently too. NHTSA’s family of dummies representation ranges from newborn infant to 6-year-old children to small females and average males. We're always looking to enhance their abilities, and in recent years advanced biomechanics research and measurement technologies have helped to improve crash dummy development." https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsas-crash-test-dummies
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MAJ Byron Oyler
MAJ Byron Oyler
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Mass is really what we need to look at when objects come to a quick stop and while different bodies can get different injuries, are we going to design cars that better protect a certain gender? If we are really going to look at crash dummies differently, it should be our elders that injure so much easier, not male v female. My 77 yo Father will fracture his hip ten times easier than my 42yo wife.
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SGM Erik Marquez
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"the lack of female crash-test dummies means that vehicle collision risks for women are not adequately studied"
Yes because its commonly known women have vital organs in different locations than men......Oh wait...no that's not true at all...So what could be her scientific and rational reasoning for her suggestion?????
(LOL< its rhetorical folks, she has none)
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CW4 Guy Butler
CW4 Guy Butler
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The center of mass/gravity is different. It’s higher in men, lower in women.
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SGM Erik Marquez
SGM Erik Marquez
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CW4 Guy Butler - And do we know such differences are not being accounted for? Or is the "outer skin looks" something we are forbade these days from taking into account the only thing we have to go on with the information available?
According the the guiding agency "A lot of research goes into these dummies before they are put into use. Each of us differs in size and weight, so each crash test dummy is designed differently too. NHTSA’s family of dummies representation ranges from newborn infant to 6-year-old children to small females and average males"
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SGM Erik Marquez
SGM Erik Marquez
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CW4 Guy Butler - I will admit I learned something, that the female test unit is only designed to meet the 5th percentile of females driving ... I must say I find that interesting, terrible, unacceptable and curious as to the reason....... As much as I dislike the delegate's delivery I'll admit, it needed to be put out there.
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LTC David Brown
LTC David Brown
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SFC Ralph E Kelley - what’s out nob bianary people?
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MAJ Byron Oyler
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Mass is really what we need to look at when objects come to a quick stop and while different bodies can get different injuries, are we going to design cars that better protect a certain gender? If we are really going to look at crash dummies differently, it should be our elders that injure so much easier, not male v female. My 77 yo Father will fracture his hip ten times easier than my 42yo wife.
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