Crash Test Dummies To Get Old And Fatter, Pretty Much Like The Typical US Driver

Crash Test Dummies To Get Old And Fatter, Pretty Much Like The Typical US Driver
The traditional crash test dummy, with its military physique, could soon be joined by a new generation designed to reflect the rise in the numbers of elderly and obese drivers — and with ‘organs’ that behave like real ones.

Humanetics, a US-based manufacturer and developer of crash test dummies, has revealed two models based on a borderline-obese 70-year-old female with a BMI of 29 and an obese 6ft 2in middle-aged male adult with a BMI of 35.

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TheSteveTheSteve - 5/12/2017 12:38:29 PM
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(Sign) It's a sad and sobering reflection of our sickly, portly society.

In the 1960s, diabetes and obesity ran at about 0.5% (1 out of about 200). Today, conservative numbers say 1 in 3.


7msynthetic7msynthetic - 5/12/2017 3:07:00 PM
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So the result of all of this would be to have a "I'm fat and obese and dont give a shit about my weight so you need to add 20 more extra large airbags' option on the option list. Americu...love it.


pentupnrgy69pentupnrgy69 - 5/12/2017 3:25:29 PM
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OOOPs, saw the headline "Crash Dummies" and thought this was an article about mdarringer!


qwertyflaqwertyfla - 5/12/2017 7:37:13 PM
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Matt brings valid comments and insider perspectives to this blog even though sometimes confrontational but always damn amusing. Aside from trolling and cheap shots -what do you contribute aside from your diatribe?


Terry989Terry989 - 5/12/2017 10:46:57 PM
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-qwertyfla
Wow, you are more of an idiot than I thought. Their is more to you than just your incoherent thoughts, incomplete sentences and sad attempts to mimic Matt's hateful humor prose. Now we can see that you are also an non-thinking lemming blindly following Matt. But I guess even Hitler and Charles Manson had their acolytes.

Matt contributes nothing to Autospies. He has been a looser all his life, and this is the only thing he has left. Matt's a shit stain to be wiped off and flushed away.

#TriggerTheRetardedRight


pentupnrgy69pentupnrgy69 - 5/13/2017 1:56:04 PM
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"Matt brings valid comments and insider perspectives to this blog""what do you contribute aside from your diatribe" ...One thing I haven't done is post racist, bigoted, homophobic and misogynistic opinions to this "automotive" website. Defending derringer for those comments or making light of those disgusting posts of his shows everybody what you are made of too. Does that answer your stupid self righteous question?


qwertyflaqwertyfla - 5/14/2017 8:22:32 AM
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Butt hurt snowflake alert! Don't try painting me with the same brush but that's what you libtards do "-you're either with us or against us" divide and conquer mentality. You don't know jack shit about me or my moral compass. 75% of my employees are minorities or handicapped as they have a better work ethic than Westerners but I am sure this will be twisted to I am taking advantage of the less fortunate.

If what Matt says offends you I strongly suggest you grow thicker skin and a set of balls unless you have had them removed. That's the problem with today's world. Everybody is offended with everything in this PC clusterfuck society of apologists and enablers. I for one don't discriminate -I offend everyone and am an equal opportunity bigot and call shit the way it is good or bad...




TheSteveTheSteve - 5/16/2017 2:20:41 PM
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@pentupnrgy69: “Poking the bear” – inferring that MDarringer is a dummy in your opening volley – is not cool. It’s a decision to cast the first punch (in this thread) by taking a jab at someone.

@pentupnrgy69, @qwertyfla, @Terry989: For the record, I believe MDarringer is likely of higher-than-average intelligence. That, however, does not automatically make him an esteemed or likeable individual, or right.

My issue with some (and thankfully few) posters on AutoSpies is their hatred and vitriol spewed towards others. This is a lack of the most basic form of human civility, and it betrays the inner turmoil within these attacking individuals. You especially see this behavior triggered when these individuals encounter views that differ from their own, be they political, or something as inconsequential as an opinion about a car! They just can’t handle diversity of beliefs or values, and so they go on the attack.

Readers: If you dislike someone’s hate and venom, I suggest you don’t become like them. Feel free to call someone out for being an ass, but do so without being an ass yourself.


qwertyflaqwertyfla - 5/13/2017 7:48:52 AM
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Terry989

OMFG you win the pissing contest. Clearly you have the biggest dick. No, you're just the biggest dick and must drive a BMW.

Incoherent thoughts, incomplete sentences, really bad dancer -guilty. I am a heavily medicated insomniac and I don't remember most of what I post here or other places but do enjoy reading them afterwards and occasionally cringe at some commentary.

We are all gear heads here but Matt is in the business and has insider knowledge that few others here have or avail. Does this make me a fan boy -no but rather a crusty old fucker with a cynical and dark sense of humor in a PC world gone mad. Enjoy your BMW you dick.




MDarringerMDarringer - 5/13/2017 8:27:12 AM
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Popcorn-worthy comment.


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