millions of brazilians before sunday s run off vote. now on bbc news, click. this week we are guarding against danger and disaster. shona is in sweden to put the first average female crash test dummies through their paces. 0k. dummies through their paces. ok. i am dummies through their paces. 0k. iam ready dummies through their paces. ok. i am ready to be rescued right ok. i am ready to be rescued right now ok. i am ready to be rescued right nova right now. that looks cold. certainly- right now. that looks cold. certainly. but right now. that looks cold. certainly. but how - right now. that looks cold. certainly. but how could i right now. that looks cold. - certainly. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? help rescue swimmers in distress? ., distress? and then from cold and wet to distress? and then from cold and wet to hot distress? and then from cold and wet to hot and distress? and then from cold and wet to hot and dry. - distress? and th
this is the last chance for the candidates jair bolsonaro and luiz inacio lula da silva, to reach millions of brazilians before sunday s election run off vote. to sweden now, where researchers are close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. for decades, car safety features have been designed and tested using dummies representing the size, for decades, car safety features have been designed and tested using dummies representing the size, relative weight and anatomy of an average man. shiona mccallum reports. crash test dummies are used to test how well car safety features protect people against injury. but not everyone is equally protected. women are three times more likely to suffer whiplash than men, if they re in a car that is hit from behind. although whiplash isn t usually fatal, it can cause serious impairment disabilities. sarah s car was hit from behind last month. it was a really big shock at the time, and my daughter was absolutely cry
that looks chilly. it certainly does. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? lj takes the plunge to find out. and then from cold and wet to hot and dry. laura checks out the ai watching for wildfires. the alert s come through. i didn t even notice that, but the camera did. as cars get ever more powerful and ever more numerous, the quest for road safety is an ongoing battle. some cities, like london, have introduced congestion zones, which reduce the amount of traffic and make things safer for pedestrians, but there s also research, of course, going into how to protect the passengers inside the vehicles too. car safety testing is still largely done on the same crash test dummies that we used in the 1980s, and they were based on the male form. but now a team of engineers in sweden are in the final stages of developing the first average female crash test dummy. so, what happens to a woman s body during a crash? shona mccallum has been to linkoping in sweden to fi
represented. currently, the industry predominantly uses average male dummies in car safety tests, although there are a number of dummies with different weights, ages and sizes. the crucial point, though the average female is not represented. you can assess how it interacts with the seat during the crash and also how well it protects the occupant, and what is unique about this occupant here is that she is the model of an average female. dr linder s dummies are designed specifically to test how well cars protect people from injuries in low impact rear collisions. she s 162cm tall and weighs 62kg. what you can see here, of course, is the soft part of the body. females are somewhat shorter and lighter than males, on average, and then we also have differences in muscle strength which plays a role in terms of how you respond to a crash. but then, in addition, of course, when it comes to the interaction with the seat, we have differences in the shape of the torso and the centre of