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How Scientists Test Car Safety With Corpses 😨

Zack D. Films

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[0:00]Then they checked which bones were broken before repeating the process again and again with hundreds of real bodies.
[0:00]You see, by testing on corpses, the scientist could figure out which parts needed to be protected the most.
[0:00]But people protested against the treatment of the dead, and even though they were mostly replaced by crash dummies, some groups still use corpses to this day.
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[0:00]They strapped the corpse into the seat and crashed the car. Then they checked which bones were broken before repeating the process again and again with hundreds of real bodies. You see, by testing on corpses, the scientist could figure out which parts needed to be protected the most. So they could find ways to keep drivers safe in actual car crashes. But people protested against the treatment of the dead, and even though they were mostly replaced by crash dummies, some groups still use corpses to this day.

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