Post #1730670
2026-03-24 17:17 UTC
@jonobie according to a German article, the US use three models: average man, 5th percentile smallest and lightest, and 5th percentile heaviest and largest (although by 1970ies standards). That's where the small dummy mentioned in the video comes from.
The EU apparently doesn't even have those. (!) The article cites experts that say height and weight matter much more than anatomical differences.
They do, however, point out that we need *old* dummies! Old bones break more easily - and that could be modeled by the Thor dummy generation, so there's yet another reason to mandate their use.
https://www.br.de/nachrichten/wissen/gender-safety-gap-braucht-es-mehr-weibliche-crashtest-dummys,V8GWNfq
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@the_wub@mastodon.social 2026-03-24 21:23
@lizzard @jonobie My PIC is taller than me, with a shorter torso and shorter arms but longer legs. They have to sit bolt upright in our cars as otherwise they cannot reach the steering wheel comfortably when the seat is far enough back for their legs to be comfortable. Given that women of this size and these proportions are normal in the countries I have lived in it is not just physiologically accurate female crash test dummies that are needed but also ones in several sizes and proportions.