Car companies could soon be required to use female crash test dummies

Nearly five decades since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration first released its car safety standards for passengers and drivers, a dummy they say is truly representative of the female anatomy is finally being endorsed by the regulatory agency. This is known as a Thorif. For a lot of people, this change is long overdue.>> The data is showing more and more that there are crash risks that are unique to women that are different from men. Without the tools to really measure the differences, it's ...