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I find the Epoxy substitute very interesting - I feel like there could be a lot of uses for an epoxy strong enough to work in Carbon Fiber applications but can be removed with a ch…

John Oliver called out a number of similarly interesting names on The Bugle: https://youtu.be/Q-i1M1Oh3h0?t=220

Yes. There are many vehicles which earn the highest rating from IIHS. It's more useful to think of vehicles which can't pass every test as deficient; except for new tests, which ar…

My understanding is that these companies were gaming the benchmarks, but one possible justification is that many vehicles have only one occupant: the driver. Adding weight and rein…

Not all crash test dummies are 50th percentile males[1]. In the United States: Regulatory Frontal: 50th male in front-left and front-right, or 5th female in front-left and front-ri…

Modern vehicles have seatbelt pre-tensioners to get drivers as close to the tested crash position as quickly as possible. Some vehicles also move the seat position before a crash t…

Advanced versions of systems like this can report crash severity to help first responders make triage decisions. Advanced crash notification systems have clear benefits: if every v…

Correct me if this is what you meant by "talked with the NHTSA", but another place you can submit information is to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI): https://www.nht…