Cars aren't tested properly for women's safety. Congress is trying to fix that.

NHTSA regulations still allow car companies in the U.S. to test for safety using 40- to 50-year-old dummies that are not anatomically representative of the average female, in terms of height, weight and body type — despite newer, more high-tech testing dummies being available.
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