They’ve become such a familiar modern icon, lending themselves to rock band names and Far Side cartoons, that it’s easy to take them for granted. I’m talking, of course, about crash-test dummies. These robot-like, mannequins with their distinctive black-and-yellow biometric markers are instantly recognisable – but they had to be invented some time. As it turns out, the history of the humble crash test dummy is a pretty weird saga.
