While some creeped-out viewers complained that he looked like a crash-test dummy, others were reassured.

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Crash Test Dummy When Allen Breed made The Forbes 400 in 1994, his Lakeland, Fla.

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Automakers say they will continue using rubber-and-steel crash-test dummies indefinitely, but the virtual dummy offers a more flexible and possibly cheaper option.

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In the test at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, "dummy" fuel rods were used, so no nuclear reaction began.

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