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The new crash test dummy more closely resembles a woman and show how seat belts and other car parts affect a woman driver. Donald Trump's approval rating sees major shifts Teens arrested in viral ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on ...

Crash test dummies revolutionized car safety but never with a female body specifically in mind — until now. The Department of Transportation is unveiling an advanced female crash test dummy that could ...

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The Department of Transportation has taken a small but important step toward adopting and mandating the use of female crash test dummies that actually resemble women, something we inexplicably don't ...

Nov. 21 (UPI) --The Department of Transportation has introduced new crash test dummies that have a specifically small female design, to "address the trend of higher injury rates for women than men in ...

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has halted the Biden administration’s attempt to impose new restrictions on immigrants seeking commercial driver’s licenses, ruling the Department of ...

The Transportation Department wants to make it harder for immigrants to get commercial driver's licenses after a deadly crash involving a trucker from India. Critics say it's an immigration crackdown.

WASHINGTON — Women are finally getting a dummy of their own. The Transportation Department rolled out the design for a “first-of-its-kind” advanced female crash test dummy, aimed at improving safety ...

The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women The U.S. government on Thursday released a new crash test dummy design that ...