Q&A: Tell Congress to Require Female Crash Test Dummies

Streetsblog
Aug 15, 2024, 12:03 am859 ptsInteresting
It’s the dumbest problem with the simplest solution. Federal automobile crash tests don’t use “female” dummies, which helps make people assigned female at birth 17 percent more likely to die and 73 percent more likely to suffer severe injuries in car crashes. Instead, the National Highway Traffic Safety…

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