sarah s car was hit from behind last month. there was a big bang and a little little car had been shunted into the back of me by a transit van. it was a really big shock at the time and my daughter was absolutely crying her eyes out. her neck was hurting, and she said her back as well. got a stiff neck and shoulders, i m having to take medication for that, and both of us are due to see a physio shortly. the anxiety of, are you going to be able to do yourjob or not because of your aches and pains, yeah, it is amazing howjust a bump, a shunt from behind, can impact your life. some scientists say more representative crash test dummies are an important step in improving car safety. engineers here in sweden have been busy working on the first crash test dummy that represents the average woman. dr astrid linder is leading the research. in order to ensure that you identify the seats that have the best protection for both part of the population, you definitely need to have the part o
if they re in a car that s hit from behind. and although whiplash isn t 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. a little car had been shunted into the back of me by a transit van. it was a really big shock at the time. and my daughter was absolutely crying her eyes out. her neck was hurting. and she said her back as well. got stiff neck and shoulders. i m having to take medication for that. and both of us are due to see a physio shortly. the anxiety of are you going to be able to do yourjob because of your aches and pains? yeah, it s amazing howjust a bump from behind can, you know, can impact your life. some scientists say more representative crash test dummies are an important step in improving car safety. engineers here in sweden have been busy working on the first crash test dummy that represents the average woman. dr astrid linder is leading the resea
for the candidates to reach millions of brazilians before sunday s election run off vote. in about 10 minutes we ll have this week s edition of newswatch, but first on bbc news, click. as ca rs as cars get ever more powerful and generous, 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 find out. when you think of car crashes, you probably think of something like this. but rear impacts, being h
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
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