Guess what year the NHTSA started using female crash dummies?
2003, thirty years after they started using male crash dummies. And the NHTSA's female dummies were essentially male dummies shrunk to 4'11" and lightened to 97/108lbs.
What year do you think they mandated a crash dummy that was actually based on the female body?
Just guess. I think you might be surprised that they haven't done this yet. It's in the works (see THOR-5F), but it's crazy it's taken so long.
Now guess when they first put the 2003 female crash dummy in the drivers seat for the frontal collision crash test. They still haven't!
>And the NHTSA's female dummies were essentially male dummies shrunk to 4'11" and lightened to 97/108lbs.
Lol. Lmao even: "According to a 2021 report from the National Center for Health Statistics, the average weight of women in the U.S. over the age of 20 was 170.8 pounds."
2003, thirty years after they started using male crash dummies. And the NHTSA's female dummies were essentially male dummies shrunk to 4'11" and lightened to 97/108lbs.
What year do you think they mandated a crash dummy that was actually based on the female body?
Just guess. I think you might be surprised that they haven't done this yet. It's in the works (see THOR-5F), but it's crazy it's taken so long.
Now guess when they first put the 2003 female crash dummy in the drivers seat for the frontal collision crash test. They still haven't!