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crimethink
29th October 2014, 08:09 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2813304/Next-generation-crash-test-dummies-weigh-273-POUNDS-reflect-Americans-got-fatter.html

Crash-test dummies are packing on the pounds to better reflect the expanding waistlines and larger rear ends of many Americans
Humanetics has developed the new model after studies found that obese drivers are 78 percent more likely to die in a car crash
Traditionally dummies have been modeled on a person weighing about 167 pounds - the new models are 273 pounds
Data used to create the new dummies found that obese female drivers had double the risk of becoming a fatality compared with obese men



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Hitch
29th October 2014, 11:38 PM
Pretty soon they may not even require airbags in vehicles anymore.

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Glass
30th October 2014, 12:47 AM
does it reflect that they have also got stupider? Where talking dummies here right?