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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by Dylan16807 on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:31PM (#24759125)
Well if that's it then making a list of "too short, too tall, a woman" is double-counting.

Also if you take it as exactly 5'9" then airbags aren't suitable for men either. What you need to do is examine the range it's designed for. It's not the average height that matters, it's what percent of men/women fall inside that range. There might be a significant difference in that percent, or there might not be.

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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by andrewaylett on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:47AM (#24763569)
There is no such thing as an "average" person: https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-...
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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by kaitai on Monday October 12, 2020 @11:48PM (#24762080)
That analysis has been done, and there is a significant difference in that amount. You can back-of-the-envelope it yourself if you know that the average height of a woman in the US is 5'4" with a standard deviation of about 3.5".
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