Crash test dummies do not represent women, children or the elderly and the safety features can actually do more damage to people who aren’t men.
Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don’t do one.
This is something that’s raised in Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez. The book has so many other similar examples.
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Crash test dummies do not represent women, children or the elderly and the safety features can actually do more damage to people who aren’t men.
Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don’t do one.
This is something that’s raised in Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez. The book has so many other similar examples.
Very cool to see someone working on this issue