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 find out. when you think of car crashes, you probably think of something like this. but rear impacts, being hit from behind, are also happening every day on our roads. it might look gentler, but these kinds of collisions can leave people with debilitating injuries like whiplash. crash test dummies are used to test how well car safety features protect people against injury, but not everyone is equally protected.
shona mccallum has been to linkoping in sweden to find out. when you think of car crashes, you probably think of something like this. but rear impacts, being hit from behind, are also happening every day on our roads. it might look gentler, but these kinds of collisions can leave people with debilitating injuries like whiplash. 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 s hit from behind, and although whiplash is not usually fatal, it can cause serious and permanent disabilities. we stopped at a zebra crossing. sarah s car was hit from behind last month. there was a big bang, and a little car had been
to power sharing. now on bbc news, click travels to sweden to meet the first ever crash test dummy based on a female body. they ll also test out the latest tech to make swimming safer. shona is in sweden to put the first female crash test dummies through their paces. whoa! 0k! i m ready to be rescued right now!
71%, hot water bottles. a wearable blanket, 18%. electric blanket, 15%. heated foot warmers and heated neck warmers also proving very popular at the moment. is a warm, charlie? can you town me? someone in the gallery says they wear one. in the gallery? i don t know. you don t know. the gallery being. you know what they re gallery is. the room where they re gallery is. the room where the important people are. do people wear a onesie in there? i didn t know that. we ve heard of wind, solar and tidal energy but what about dance energy? that s what a nightclub in glasgow is trying to harness, in a bid to be more eco friendly and save on bills. the club is trialling a new system that turns body heat into air conditioning, and it s been described as a world first. our technology reporter shona mccallum has been finding out more.
takejessica ennis hill, who gave us so many great moments, even winning gold in the 2012 heptathlon. yeah, and infact, she ran the entire distance that we have just walked in 12.5 seconds, whilejumping over stuff! and her career still took more twists and turns after that, with injuries, a remarkable return after her pregnancy to win at the world championships, and then taking silver in brazil. and since retiring from competitive sport she, like the whole park, is looking to the next thing. now, it s still connected to sport, as you would expect, and it is also connected to women s health, specifically menstruation. periods aren t something that s always openly talked about, and discussed even less in relation to exercise, butjessica s new app helps women to work out better around their cycle, so shona mccallum has been to meet her to find out more.