A new crash test dummy is hitting the market and it's being used to help keep your child safe in the event of a car accident in Chicago and elsewhere.
Not exact matches
Introduces Q -
dummies, a
new series of advanced
crash test dummies which represent children better and provide more information
For many lovelorn singletons, the holidays are the loneliest time of year and, in the
New Year, the $ 1 billion online dating industry sees a surge in users Because the US population is aging and becoming more obese, the University of Michigan believed it was time to modernize the design of
crash -
test dummies
Each year, NHTSA spends about $ 1.5 million to conduct full frontal
crash tests on 30 to 35
new vehicles equipped with instrumented
dummies.
The side - barrier
crash test now implements a combination of male and female
crash test dummies, with the male positioned in a front seating position (as before) and the small female (
new) in a rear seating position.
The government gives one to five stars for protection provided to belted
dummies in the
crash tests, called
New Car Assessment Program.
The NHTSA, for example, recently proposed an update to its safety rating system, including a
new type of
crash test,
crash dummies that are more «human - like,» an assessment of equipped
crash - avoidance technologies (like automatic braking), and an assessment of safeguards for pedestrians.
A 50th percentile male Hybrid III
dummy is belted in the driver seat (see «Small overlap
crashes:
New consumer -
test program aims for even safer vehicles,» Aug. 14, 2012).
The
new kid
dummy represents a 10 - year - old child and it is the
newest edition to the NHTSA's family of
crash test dummies.
The
new child
dummy really is breakthrough technology for the DOT's
crash test program.