Fight fatal gender inequity with projection art

DYK that women are 17% more likely to be killed and 73% more likely to be severly injured in car crashes than men? That's because the government's car safety testing standard, the New Car Assessment Program, doesn't conduct tests with accurate female dummies. Consequently, 1,300 American women are preventably killed and 466,000 more are preventably injured every year. The Department of Transportation and Secretary Pete Buttigieg have the tools to stop it -- but they just won't.

Now, we're hoping to team up with renown projection artist Robin Bell to project our message onto the Department of Transportation -- but we need $5,000 to do it. Our projection will be timed with the DOT's upcoming report on female crash test dummies, as mandated by the Government Accountability Office, and will encourage them to make the progress they need to. We know that this message will make a splash, and we know that every person we can educate about the issue is one step closer to making cars safe for women.

I started Drive US Forward after surviving a head-on car crash with my family in December 2019. My injuries required emergency surgery and a medical semester off from college to heal. I found out after getting home from the hospital that the injuries my mom and I suffered were not unique, but common for women to suffer in car crashes, all because cars aren't crash safety tested with accurate female crash test dummies. I advocated for change as a survivor for three years, and launched Drive in March 2023. We are a Gen Z nonpartisan nonprofit working together to end the gender discrimination in car safety testing -- learn more about us at driveusforward.org and @driveusforward on all platforms. Thank you for your support!!