Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Harley is a noted automotive industry expert and analyst. Earlier this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy ...

Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ensure greater safety of women in the U.S. Women are on average more likely to ...

The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...

When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to the advocates who have long fought for better female ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men. The U.S. government has used a ...

Bald, faceless and empirically lifelike, this dummy may not be much to look at. But experts say it is a quantum leap forward in a decades-long effort to make cars safer for women. In November, ...

On shelves at a Humanetics facility in Huron, Ohio, skulls stare from their eyeless sockets, shiny and silver. Around a corner, a rack is filled with squishy, peach-toned arms, legs, torsos and butts.

View post: Amazon Has an 806-Piece Lamborghini Lego Set on Sale for Just $35 Research shows that women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in head-on car crashes compared with men in the same ...

FILE - A THOR-5F female crash test dummy is shown in a driver's seat at Humanetics in Farmington Hills, Mich., June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)(AP/Paul Sancya) The U.S. government announced ...