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  • Good thing most pedestrians are bros flexing and showing off their muscles in the middle of the street!!!

  • Notice how the SUV hits the pedestrian dummy fairly high on the body, throwing him out in front (possibly to get run over by the SUV). A sedan would hit the pedestrian lower down in the legs, sending the pedestrian over the top rather than out front. This is one reason why trucks and SUVs tend to be deadlier for pedestrians than cars, and gives the engineers more of a challenge to reduce the damage they do. Of course, if the vehicle is speeding too fast, any design will be deadly.

  • @PedAdvocate bumper air bags could help. They could be triggered by distance sensors on the front. Maybe they could be made strong enough to cushion accidental hits while parking too without even scratching paint. It could cost more than they are willing to spend but it wouldn't need to be as reliable as normal airbags since faulty deployment of a bumper bag shouldn't hurt anyone and lack of deployment would be no more harmful than current bumpers.

  • @IARRCSim you'd have to make them deploy with enough margin to avoid literally shooting the pedestrian away from the car, but without making the pedestrian touch the car. I don't think it's feasible: at speed even a soft bag will hurt you and making them deploy at the right time would be hard.

  • results??????????

  • How did i get here from nigahiga.

  • The dummy seems to be protecting its crotch from impact 2:38

  • Scientist:"Well that was a fail"

  • 3:26

  • what speed was this at?

  • That research would be cool, if then there would be no more high impact on crashes.

  • @GodZxSAINT My bad completely , and as for going back to school ? Lol got my grades .. done my time there.

  • cutting edge research... running a dummy over with a car, that's really sophisticated. do they award nobel prizes for that?

  • 21 people got hit by a car!!!! :P:P

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  • I can't wait to not get ran over by that car!

  • The laws of Physics ...HOW CAN YOU MAKE IT SAFE FOR A PERSON WHEN THEY WALK OUT IN THE PATH OF 2500 POUNDS OF STEEL ON WHEELS!!!!!!!

  • @71shoelover

    That vehicle was more like 4200 lbs

  • i was rideing my bike i stoped on a red light and no one else did i i broke my arm leg hand foot and i almost died

  • One time i was riding my bike and then i got hit by a car and i flew like a few feet off my bike o_o but i only broke a knee and had a few bruises :'(

  • @454PATRICK

    ppffff that is nothing..... my family member got struck as he was just running lol and brutally got tossed 14 feet

    he was in icu for 1 week..... coma and 2 blood clothes in his head along with a rod in his leg however he is handicapped cant walk too long ..... may have to use crutches when old and have anger issues after such trauma

  • Poor Dummy... :(

  • why don't they do that shit with an 18 wheeler

  • and it gives you information about how it works

  • yaa ur dead

  • 3:32

    YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAH!

  • The new way to shut someone up is to run them over!

  • So?

  • Test started at freaking 3:22 ??!!?!?!?! 

  • w8 a minute i hawe never seen a Ferrari or a lambo or a pegani or a veyron crash test do they crash thease kinds of cars to? :P

  • I can't imagine a hospital or a graveyard for crash dummies, but it'd be funny to see!!

  • Anti climax.

  • sounds like he says big ass UV when he says big SUV :D

  • I Have a BETTER idea..Check the road is safe to cross before you step on to the road.

    Walking into the path of 3000 pound car is NOT a good idea folks!!!!

  • @videozoo5000

    Your right that would be a better I dea

  • wonter why they dont use dead bodies or dead apes of something???

  • At the end, the wheels are blocked... That car don't have ABS?

  • I have an idea, paint your car an obnoxious color and make the exhaust nice and loud. That way they will never be able to claim they didn't see you coming.

  • so.. the dummy sees a car coming and the only thing he is protecting is his.. Penis?

  • @rotjesenmatjes HAHAHA XD

  • Há quem pense nos peões. Palminhas para a Honda,

  • What is the car that hit the dummy @ 00:37?

  • @ReggieGurl04 Looks like a Dodge journey or a 2010 jeep grand Cherokee.

  • @ReggieGurl04 Acura MDX

  • Build a car with pillows on the outside xD

  • The Dummy is so advanced it feels pain.

  • This is so funny and not funny at the same time ! Lol 

  • Epic

  • the most advanced crash test dummy, it can talk:

    "oh my god, please don't do this" 3:32

  • oof

  • i support pedestrian safety but they need to make cars safer in side impact and higher speed front impact accidents.

  • Wow, they basicly tell you what car to use if you want to mow down pedestrians...

  • This is actually really interesting and I never stopped to think of peds. I'm not sure why most below watched it as they obviously didn't like the video.

  • who cares

  • @kingalow1, are you idiot?

  • they named the kia sedona one of the safest cars of all time.

  • I'm pretty sure they make a tylonal for that, and an ointment

  • ese es un mdx o un rdx?

  • at 3:44 the crash test dummy snaped his penis XD XD XD

  • So that's why Acura has these new UGLY shield grilles. It's for pedestrian safety. Still ugly as sin though.

    and where is the rest of the video?

  • You know there is something wrong when the crash test dummy costs more than the SUV it's beeing tested on...

  • bam!

  • im a ford fan too, lol hi!

  • i got killed like that once

  • So did I :D

  • @aquafishsoup Same,

  • @aquafishsoup what the hell well why are yo commenting then

  • pwned

  • ow...

  • why dont they show the results?? it would give the video an actual purpose

  • Sorry, I was testing if I could post a comment, youtube is not letting me post a comment on most videos today and I don't know why.

  • hello

  • What a waste of money...

  • broken ankles, legs, knees and hips .. ahhh

  • the thought came up right when i first saw this video,

    how come they never use blood (artificial of course) inside of crash test dummies?

    makes you wonder, huh?

    imagine if they did, and how the "perception" of safety would change,

    especially if car manufactures would adopt and change their designs to it

  • they cant make great models of humans...different people bleed more or less...also think about your muscles...your body isnt limp like a dummy, and if your leg gets pushed the wrong way the muscles push back...its really hard to be accurate but its nice to know they are trying hard to be safe...sure they do it all for the money but id pay more to know that im not gonna kill anyone if i make mistakes...

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  • so why not put a real human instead of dummy?

  • You wanna be a test dummy then?

  • nigga you probably should.

  • That's why they use dummies...

  • Seems to be a great job !

  • Very interesting!

  • Uh, even I'm in pain looking at this poor dummy!

  • sure, it's for research, but you know those guys just want to crush a dummie for some effin fun

  • OWNED

  • 10 points.

  • it doesnt matter where u place bumpers on cars if ur hit by any car at that speed ur gna b paying a trip to hospital either way!

  • where is the curent lockation?

  • tat is  effin scary!

  • looks like he was chin surfing!

  • Spending 1 million bucks on predestrian dummies is just plain dum. Use that money to help develop technology to help cut cost and do actual crash test...not pedestrian tests.

    Ppl who get hit by cars while walking is retarded and needs to get off the road.

  • fyi, before calling anybody dumb, (notice how i spelled dumb correctly) you should check your grammar. ie: ppl who get hit by cars while walking ARE (not is) retarded.

  • Back to English 101 for you.

  • idk wat u r trying to prove here jiayang

    honda spend a million bucks to look after pedestrian safety..also meanning..ur safety and my safety..they spend a million buks..sooo wat?????

    and there is only 3 dummies out there..sooooo its ok..lol

  • 1 million dollars sounds big to an average person, but its literally nothing to bigger research institutes etc

  • dis aint inglish class, i dont need no one to teach me inglish. Clark and Shadow is cool cus day know how to check ppl's grandma and spelling.

  • Is this narrator the one who narrates "Perfect Disaster"?

  • Where is the cruelty against dummies group when you need em..

  • Lucky me, that i'm not there

  • What a cool job !!!!

  • Cool.

  • Buulllll Shit!! These crash test guys just wanted to ram cars into Dummies because they new it would be wicked awesome.

  • lol yeah duh!

    someone request top gear to do a crash test at 200mph

  • lmao ur an idiot

  • stupid honda bitches

  • I don't see how a test like this is going to change the way they make cars. People in general should just try to not stand in the middle of streets ;)

  • make it short...it gets too boring in the middle...

    give the theory and go straight to the experiment...

  • good light effects

  • next on the list clones.

  • Its borin' ...

  • Coolio

  • this is why i drive an acura... so i can hit as many people as i want, with out any worries!

  • I need to apply for that position, i,ve been a natural crash dummy all my life.

  • A walking pedestrian isn't going to be in the same position every time.

  • no, they do that for control purposes

  • Honda's so awesome

  • drunk drivers should have their own

    lane

  • I'm pretty sure they don't deserve any lane.

  • drunk drivers shouldn't be driving in the first place

  • Unfortunately, how many people are actually gonna take their friend's keys and prevent them from driving while under the influence? I've done it, but i've never met anyone else who has.

  • why would it matter how the car hit the dummy?? You still going to be seriously hurt either way

  • It would be the difference between a few months at the hospital, or death or a coma.

  • I've seen people get hit and come out with minor injuries. Others have died, some have been hospitalized, but some just come out with some road rash and some bruises and soreness for a few days

  • you right.........but guess is another way for honda trying to marketing them cars.... spending money on nonsense test dummy. just to make me feel better about not hurting someone on street with them cars ....I see people getting kill by straight fist fight or ever getting hurt badly.

  • omg was he ok?? looked like it hurt

  • Why does Honda care?

  • they could better spend that money on building crosswalks instead of the dummy

  • Yes, because crosswalks totally stop people from getting hit by cars.

  • I know, you never see a driver not stop at a crosswalk....

  • oh man no offence but u should get out of ur house a bit more lol

  • it's called SARCASM

    I've even almost been hit by a car that just ignored a friggin crosswalk. I watched a guy barely miss getting hit by a car that was speeding and ignored the crosswalk and the red light.

  • that's why I don't use the crosswalk

  • Well, i can't walk much anymore, so i don't either, but when i used to walk everywhere, i watched all the cars very carefully

  • that guys voice is fucking annoying

  • Ya that too xD

  • That would have really hurt

  • You know what I hate? Pedestrians who don't look both ways before crossing the street.

  • poor dummy...

  • What happens next?

    Did the experiment go as planned or did they just waste their money?

  • i said in rl " so what happens?"

    XD

    WHAT'S NEXT???

  • Would it not be easier to hang it by an electromagnet that is just powerful enough to hold the dummies weight? Engineers make things sooo complicated sometimes....

  • I dont spend money to save the other guy, I spend money to save my ass.... Who cares about pedestrians..... Ha Ha!!! Japan doesnt understand the American spirit....

  • I do agree that most people spend more money to save themselves and family inside, but protecting people on the outside is good too. If you do less to someone outside of the car means you will get sued for less if you do get sued.

  • OR, you could stop giving drivers licenses to drunks and whores that dont pay attention to the road

  • what posesses you to relate THIS to people's sex lives?

  • boom crash! haha

  • dummy got FUCKED up

  • God bless that poor, poor dummy

  • wonder if they do the same for tanks.

  • tanks actually wants to hurt people.....why would they test a tank for safety of pedestrian

  • lol 3:34 and slow motion + music

  • This narrator...anyone know his name? He sounds familiar.

  • hes from that show that they show crashes and stuff

  • Show name?

  • All cars should be like bumper cars.

  • that would be a lot of fun!

  • impact @ 3:30

  • how do you make cars safer for pedestrians? put people who know how to drive in them and keep retards out.

  • RIP.

  • ouch-

  • People are never in the exact same position when I hit them.

  • They should make the dummies out of materials like humans so it is more realistic because we are not made of metal and plastic.

  • Micheal Jackson is

  • yeah i know right???

  • No shit, Sherlock?

  • Thanks,but thats what they are using plastic and metal and why does everyone want to get in a fight I mean if someone points out the what most people know you just ignore them gosh instigators

  • Everyone wants to fight because there are no repercussions.

  • why don't we use you

  • They should just use dead bodies.

  • work em like puppets

  • no because it's gonna blow apart because nothing holding the body parts togethor