
WASHINGTON — Maria Weston Kuhn was on vacation with her family when a head-on car crash changed her life. Kuhn and her mother, both in the back seat, were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. The seatbelt Kuhn wore pinned her intestines to her spine. After emergency surgery and a hospital stay, Kuhn, then 19, had to take a semester off from school to recover.
Main Idea: Maria Weston Kuhn is helping push Congress to require better crash test standards so cars are safer for women.
Key Points:
Women and girls may face higher injury and death risks in car crashes if safety tests keep using outdated dummies.
Congress and NHTSA could push better crash tests, making cars safer for all drivers and passengers.
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Central ব্যক্তি whose crash experience and advocacy drive the story.
Kuhn's organization and a driving force behind the legislative effort.
Major crash-test dummy maker whose newer model is presented as the proposed solution.
Federal agency whose crash-test regulations and requirements are the central policy target of the article.
Named Transportation Department leader whose department is directly implicated in updating crash-test standards.
Lead congressional sponsor of the bill and a key quoted advocate for the legislative fix.
Congressional committee that advanced the bill and is part of the legislative process.
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