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Crash Test Dummies

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  • 17-06-2018 11:33am
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    cfuserkildare
    Registered Users Posts: 3,580 ✭✭✭


    Just saw on Sky News that some women seem to think that Female Crash Test Dummies are not Female enough!.
    Opinions please?


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    Blaas4life
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    Put a wig on em


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    jacksie66
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    OldMrBrennan83
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    super_furry
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    jacksie66 wrote: »
    Why is this even a thread? Why are people like that given a voice and a platform. You know that in true boards.ie fashion this will just turn into a left v right argument as usual. Who gives a ****..

    Because women! Women are talking about things on the television and this simply will not stand!


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    Oink
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    cfuserkildare wrote: »
    Just saw on Sky News that some women seem to think that Female Crash Test Dummies are not Female enough!.
    Opinions please?

    That’s not enough info even for a half-arsed opinion. Were they saying that female dummies can’t get jobs? Or that anatomical differences in dummies have a demonstrable impact on safety findings as far as women are concerned.


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    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    cfuserkildare wrote: »
    Just saw on Sky News that some women seem to think that Female Crash Test Dummies are not Female enough!.
    Opinions please?
    How is she so sure the dummies are female? Maybe they are transgender. I demand an retraction and an apology. #transdummieshaverightstoo


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    Ronaldinho
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭Ronaldinho


    Then why don't they volunteer to do some testing themselves?


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    punisher5112
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    She would be an ideal candidate.....

    They are always looking for new dummies just like her.


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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Ellen Reid would disagree.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Reid


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    Wibbs
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    Don't watch Sky news, but they could have a point. Crash test dummies have been almost exclusively built to represent the average younger man in a crash. Some dummies to represent women(and kids) have been used, but they're in the minority What research has been done has shown the average woman moves and is impacted differently in a crash. IIRC they're more likely to suffer soft tissue damage like whiplash. Being lighter in general their body also tends to accelerate more on impact. Being shorter on average they also tend to sit more closely to the steering wheel which can also influence what protections they might need and injuries they might sustain. So yeah more crash test dummies representative of half the population is hardly an ask.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Wibbs wrote: »
    Don't watch Sky news, but they could have a point. Crash test dummies have been almost exclusively built to represent the average younger man in a crash. Some dummies to represent women(and kids) have been used, but they're in the minority What research has been done has shown the average woman moves and is impacted differently in a crash. IIRC they're more likely to suffer soft tissue damage like whiplash. Being lighter in general their body also tends to accelerate more on impact. Being shorter on average they also tend to sit more closely to the steering wheel which can also influence what protections they might need and injuries they might sustain. So yeah more crash test dummies representative of half the population is hardly an ask.

    More reasons why women shouldn't drive.


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    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,500 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Mmm



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    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,528 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Slow news day?


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Use to be a tv series on sky called crash test dummies maybe they are bringing it back and she wants an all female cast.


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    Wibbs
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    Camille Black Rental wrote: »
    More reasons why women shouldn't drive.

    Camille Black Rental. Minutes before hitting Send on that post. :D
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    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    Capt'n Midnight
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    If they are too female then some risks may be hidden.

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/03/bulgarian_airbags/
    A Bulgarian woman driver escaped relatively unscathed from a head-on pile-up with another vehicle when her 40DD breast implants absorbed most of the impact, Ananova reports.

    Elena Marinova, 24, of Sofia, pranged her motor in the northern city of Ruse. Both cars were written off and the other driver seriously injured, local paper Standart reported.

    A police expert explained: "[The implants] worked just like airbags - protecting the victim's ribs and vital organs from damage." He did, however, add: "They are not as safe as the real thing because they exploded, which airbags are not supposed to do."

    "They are not as safe as the real thing because they exploded, which airbags are not supposed to do."

    But air bags use explosives and ... wait, WHAT :eek:


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    #18
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    I thought women got hit differently on impact so they do need to test female crash dummies


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