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Child Models Added to Toyota Crash Tests

Not all Crash Test Dummies are the Same

Toyota recently released three new models of it’s Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS), or better known as crash test dummy software. The THUMS software is what is used to judge and determine what happens to the human body after an accident. By adding 3 new models, ranging in sizes, this allows the car company to understand the safety of more age groups. 

 

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Intelligent Park Assist Gives You Some Breathing Room

Perhaps the most universally loathed parking situation, the parallel park, is about to get a whole lot easier—so easy, you might just start doing it voluntarily. The 2016 Toyota Prius has some excellent driver’s assistance features that are going to make parallel parking fears drift off into the ether: available Intelligent Parking Assist and Intelligent Clearance Sonar work together to basically park your vehicle for you, with oversight and minor input on your behalf. Your parking skills will be so smooth, we recommend taking full credit for them yourself; we promise we won’t tell.

 

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