Crash test dummies getting fatter to match American drivers : studies show increased risk of death for obese drivers, new dummies made to match them.

Crash test dummies are getting fatter so they better represent the expanding waistlines and bigger rear ends of American drivers. Humanetics, one of the leading manufacturers of the dummies in the U.S. and worldwide, developed a new model that better mimics the country's population. About 35 per cent of Americans are considered obese. (Author/publisher)