crash test
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U.S. Crash Test Dummies Don’t Reflect the Population, Report Claims
Crash testing is an important part of automotive development. It helps carmakers understand how varying impacts will affect passengers, and gives them pointers on how to improve a car’s safety features. But while the world might have got its first female crash test dummy late last year, in the U.S. the tests don’t fairly demonstrate…
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Slow-Motion Crash Testing Footage Captures The Zen Of Automotive Destruction
We all love cars here, but there’s just something about the chaotic fibreglass origami they turn into during crash testing. It is undeniably beautiful and at times haunting. A German crash-testing company seems well aware of this particular aesthetic, as its latest set of crash testing videos were shot with the slowest of slo-mo cameras…
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This Is What Happens When An Airbag Deploys A Hundredth Of A Second Late
Here’s a terrifying video that shows the importance of having an airbag that works as it’s supposed to versus having an airbag that works… but is a hundredth of a second late. You see one watermelon drop in slow motion and get cradled by the deployment of an airbag versus another watermelon that explodes.