May 25, 2017

A Letter From Your Local Crash Test Dummy

Dear World,
Hi, my name is Jim. I’m a crash test dummy with Toyota and LET ME TELL YOU, my job is not an easy one. The whole purpose of my job is to ensure that people like you stay safe. Some might say we are the unsung heroes of safety. Ok, I might have been the one who said that, but like, do you think you guys could get that started? Anyway, the real reason I’m talking with you all today is because I fear that my job is at risk.

I don’t know if you’ve been in a Toyota car recently, but the safety features in those things are ridiculous. With the latest safety features for Toyota, like the Pre-Collision System, Lane Departure Alert and Automatic High Beams, I can smell downsizing a mile away. When I’m out there in the field we don’t even crash anymore. It’s like the car can stop itself so we aren’t needed. Switching lanes, nothing, not even a ding. I haven’t needed to go in for a repair in almost a year. I can read the signs, less crashing means less need for dummies like me. I mean I’m a crash test dummy, but I’m not a dummy. There’s not a lot of work out there for guys like me! I have three tiny crash test babies at home that need feeding and I can’t go back to working as a mannequin, the 90s really did a number on me. For more information, you can see this video below where Toyota basically announces that we, the crash test dummies, are obsolete. As crash test dummies, we deserve work too. If Toyota keeps making these vehicles so safe, we’ll all be out of work. Do you really want the livelihoods of so many dummies to be gone? Could you live with yourself?

I can read the signs, less crashing means less need for dummies like me. I mean I’m a crash test dummy, but I’m not a dummy. There’s not a lot of work out there for guys like me! I have three tiny crash test babies at home that need feeding and I can’t go back to working as a mannequin, the 90s really did a number on me. For more information, you can see this video below where Toyota basically announces that we, the crash test dummies, are obsolete. As crash test dummies, we deserve work too. If Toyota keeps making these vehicles so safe, we’ll all be out of work. Do you really want the livelihoods of so many dummies to be gone? Could you live with yourself?

For more information, you can see this video below where Toyota basically announces that we, the crash test dummies, are obsolete. As crash test dummies, we deserve work too. If Toyota keeps making these vehicles so safe, we’ll all be out of work. Do you really want the livelihoods of so many dummies to be gone? Could you live with yourself? To see all of these safety features for yourself you can stop by Fiore Toyota located at 1000 Logan Boulevard, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648. One test drive, and you’ll see that our fate is pretty much sealed. So we beg you, ask Toyota to make their cars just a LITTLE less safe. Like, maybe a bump here and there for good measure. We’re counting on you.

P.S. Really though, if you could spread the thing about us being “unsung heroes of safety”, that’d be awesome.

Thanks!

All the best,
Jim your Toyota Crash Test Dummy