The country that brought us the three point safety belt, daytime running lights, side impact airbags, rear-facing child safety seats, laminated safety glass windshields* and moose-avoidance tests is at it again. The latest automotive safety innovation out of Sweden: the female crash test dummy. After only 56 years of crash tests, someone has figured out that female bodies have a few differences from male bodies, other than a lighter average weight and the presence of bosoms, and that some of these differences may affect how the bodies deal with an impact.
*-That may not seem like a big deal until you put your head through the car window in an accident and don't shred your face. I speak from experience.
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