Human cadavers used in GM crash tests
05-10-08, 10:35 AM
#17
Lexus Test Driver
Funny thing is... they actually had an episode on Nip/Tuck about this a few seasons ago. After Sean totalled his Audi, Audi contacted him and offered him a new car if he would be the doctor to supervise and inspect crash test cadavers.
05-10-08, 12:01 PM
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oh my gosh. this poor thread has turned into sarcasm. hahahah so funny. but i totally feel that this is a fine practice. but how weird are these specialists.. who wants to touch a dead body and position it correctly into a car... ew wtf. why not just use a live person. tons of people would do it. and they can position them own darn selves.
05-10-08, 01:31 PM
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In the 1940's BMW got to use boxcars of real alive crash test dummys.
When I die I want to be crash tested in whatever the quickest AMG is at the time. Hopefully thats long enough away to be the CLL6000
When I die I want to be crash tested in whatever the quickest AMG is at the time. Hopefully thats long enough away to be the CLL6000
05-10-08, 02:10 PM
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Wonder how they keep the bodies from decomposing long enough for the tests? They must drain the blood out and use embalming fluid like in funeral homes.
I agree this type of test has some value but only a limited amount. It cannot show, for instance, whether a human would lose consciousness by an air-bag deployment or excessive G-forces...the bodies, like dummies, are already unconscious. And like dummies, deceased bodies just sit there before a crash and don't move. Real human beings, in a real crash, sometimes react by throwing their hands up or trying to shield themselves right before the impact, if they realize they are going to crash....that, of course, sometimes has their arms in a different position from where a dummy's (or dead body's) would be.
But, while not perfect, I agree the tests DO have some good merit....they are certainly better than nothing.
I agree this type of test has some value but only a limited amount. It cannot show, for instance, whether a human would lose consciousness by an air-bag deployment or excessive G-forces...the bodies, like dummies, are already unconscious. And like dummies, deceased bodies just sit there before a crash and don't move. Real human beings, in a real crash, sometimes react by throwing their hands up or trying to shield themselves right before the impact, if they realize they are going to crash....that, of course, sometimes has their arms in a different position from where a dummy's (or dead body's) would be.
But, while not perfect, I agree the tests DO have some good merit....they are certainly better than nothing.
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