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Although women face the threat of more injury risks in vehicle crashes, the crash test dummies used in U.S. safety tests are ...
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Swedish engineer Astrid Linder, who lead the project to create the prototype for the first crash test dummy modeled after the average woman's body.
Actor Whitney Rydbeck points out the mask he wore as one of the original characters on the 25th anniversary of the launching of the Vince and Larry crash test dummy public service campaign, ...
Whitney Rydbeck, the actor and mime who played one of the original Crash Test Dummies in the "You Could Learn a Lot From a Dummy" seat-belt ads from the 1980s and '90s, died Monday from ...
PERKINS TOWNSHIP — What was initially believed to be an incident where a man attempted to lure a child into his truck, turned out to be a story about a dumb move. On Friday, about noon on ...
Crash Test Dummy on The Masked Singer Australia is REVEALED to be iconic Beverly Hills, 90210 star - and you'll never guess who it is. By ALI DAHER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA. Published: 06:51 EDT ...
Whitney Rydbeck died on July 15, 2024, at age 79. Rydbeck was best known for his role as Roy in 'Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI' and for being one of the original crash test dummies in the U ...
Now, Swedish researchers have created a crash dummy that better represents the female body, writes BBC News’ Shiona McCallum. Their dummy is 5-foot-3 and weighs about 137 pounds, per the ...
Creating the new crash test dummy is only the first step. It will take more study and new government regulations to get the dummy into use, which some U.S. Congress members are working on.
Whitney Rydbeck points out the mask he wore as one of the original characters on the 25th anniversary of the launching of the Vince and Larry crash test dummy public service campaign at the ...
Crash This new female crash test dummy will improve car safety for women. Crash testing has had a male bias for decades. Now a team of Swedish engineers hopes to change that ...
Although women face the threat of more injury risks in vehicle crashes, the crash test dummies used in U.S. safety tests are ...