Comments on: GM used dead bodies for crash tests? http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/ Resource for Car Reviews, News, Advice, Road Tests, Green Cars, Hybrids Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RC http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72903 RC Wed, 14 May 2008 01:48:56 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72903 "Golfschwein Says: May 9th, 2008 at 12:54 pm This is how safety testing started, decades ago. Mercedes-Benz were a pioneer in this sort of testing, were they not? It’s totally valid, as far as I’m concerned. Yukkie, but valid." Mmmmm. Sure was no shortage of bodies then! Poland? 1939 - 45? “Golfschwein Says:
May 9th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
This is how safety testing started, decades ago. Mercedes-Benz were a pioneer in this sort of testing, were they not?

It’s totally valid, as far as I’m concerned. Yukkie, but valid.”

Mmmmm. Sure was no shortage of bodies then! Poland? 1939 – 45?

]]> By: Bavarian Missile http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72884 Bavarian Missile Wed, 14 May 2008 00:58:15 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72884 Please feel free to use as many live Toyota drivers you wish!hehehe May give them some excitement...... Please feel free to use as many live Toyota drivers you wish!hehehe May give them some excitement……

]]> By: Doh http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72880 Doh Wed, 14 May 2008 00:32:23 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72880 Crash test dummy $150,000. Donated cadaver $0 Hmmm... Crash test dummy $150,000. Donated cadaver $0
Hmmm…

]]> By: Flying High http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72127 Flying High Sat, 10 May 2008 03:49:25 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72127 Stevo - Primo advertising campaign - loved it! :-) Re the stiffs - the term is misleading - for a time after death the body remains quite pliable as it slowly 'stiffens' but it reaches a maximum 'stiffness' point then it starts going limp again as it starts the decomposition process. The only reason a body is so stiff in a coffin at a funeral is because they have had it stored near freezing the whole time. With a 'defrosted' body, there is little reason why the data recovered would not apply with live people. And given some of the attitudes expressed in the car advise blogs in general, you would be sure some of these bloggers have something very stiff indeed jammed firmly thru an orifice. So these crash tests may be particularly applicable to these same people. Stevo – Primo advertising campaign – loved it! :-)

Re the stiffs – the term is misleading – for a time after death the body remains quite pliable as it slowly ‘stiffens’ but it reaches a maximum ‘stiffness’ point then it starts going limp again as it starts the decomposition process.

The only reason a body is so stiff in a coffin at a funeral is because they have had it stored near freezing the whole time.

With a ‘defrosted’ body, there is little reason why the data recovered would not apply with live people.

And given some of the attitudes expressed in the car advise blogs in general, you would be sure some of these bloggers have something very stiff indeed jammed firmly thru an orifice. So these crash tests may be particularly applicable to these same people.

]]> By: No Name http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72006 No Name Fri, 09 May 2008 08:34:56 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-72006 I don't personally have a problem with this as long as permission is given. How does a dead person do that. I don’t personally have a problem with this as long as permission is given. How does a dead person do that.

]]> By: David http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71959 David Fri, 09 May 2008 06:28:05 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71959 I don’t see anything wrong with it morally as the bodies were donated......but......I don’t think a dead body would react the same way as a live body would in an impact. As stiff as a stiff may be im sure us live stiffs would become more rigid during an impact once our muscles tense up, but then again i may be wrong as there are much smarter people than I conducting these simulations. I don’t see anything wrong with it morally as the bodies were donated……but……I don’t think a dead body would react the same way as a live body would in an impact. As stiff as a stiff may be im sure us live stiffs would become more rigid during an impact once our muscles tense up, but then again i may be wrong as there are much smarter people than I conducting these simulations.

]]> By: Duck http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71953 Duck Fri, 09 May 2008 06:16:42 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71953 Saab deadbody manager says "So sir would you like to have your dead body tested in a 9-3 or 9-5 when you go?" Bloke replies "Could i be tested in the new 9-4X?" Saab deadbody manager replies "Sorry its already fairly booked out, im sorry" Bloke replies "OK just test me in a 9-3 when i go, because ive always wanted to buy a 9-3, but only in SportCombi, is that Ok?" Saab deadbody manager replies "Yeah Ok, thats fine!" Geeeeeeeeez.....that thought is totally wrong, but it may work for SAAB, i dont know how! But please GM (like holden, cadillac etc.)dont follow in SAABS footsteps, what ever you do, with this weird and wrong thing! Saab deadbody manager says “So sir would you like to have your dead body tested in a 9-3 or 9-5 when you go?”

Bloke replies “Could i be tested in the new 9-4X?”

Saab deadbody manager replies “Sorry its already fairly booked out, im sorry”

Bloke replies “OK just test me in a 9-3 when i go, because ive always wanted to buy a 9-3, but only in SportCombi, is that Ok?”

Saab deadbody manager replies “Yeah Ok, thats fine!”

Geeeeeeeeez…..that thought is totally wrong, but it may work for SAAB, i dont know how! But please GM (like holden, cadillac etc.)dont follow in SAABS footsteps, what ever you do, with this weird and wrong thing!

]]> By: realcars http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71937 realcars Fri, 09 May 2008 05:35:39 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71937 Mmmm Cremation is sounding better all the time..... Mmmm Cremation is sounding better all the time…..

]]> By: realcars http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71936 realcars Fri, 09 May 2008 05:34:24 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71936 I am an organ donor but agree with u Carl I don't like the idea of any one I know having their head kept in a jar. I am an organ donor but agree with u Carl I don’t like the idea of any one I know having their head kept in a jar.

]]> By: realcars http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71934 realcars Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:55 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/12508/gm-used-dead-bodies-for-crash-tests/#comment-71934 Hope the heads in the jars have their eyes closed. Hope the heads in the jars have their eyes closed.

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