To a soft collision partner (aka soft car) used in system for testing crash avoidance technologies

A soft body system adapted to form the body and exterior surface of a Guided Soft Target for testing crash avoidance technologies in a subject vehicle, wherein the soft body system is adapted to be mounted atop a motorized Dynamic Motion Element (DME) that has a wireless communication and/or a Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna, and when so mounted, is adapted to collide with the subject vehicle while the DME is moving, the soft body system comprising:

• a semi-rigid form with an exterior surface, the form sufficiently yielding so as to impart a minimal force to the subject vehicle upon impact, said force causing minimal to no damage to the subject vehicle, the form being shaped like a passenger vehicle or a part of a passenger vehicle, the exterior surface comprising a flexible covering with a roof, a roof line and a second surface extending away from the roofline towards the ground, the second surface comprising:
• a side skirt comprised of radar absorptive material (RAM), wherein the side skirt is positioned adjacent to the ground and comprises a side skirt edge that runs substantially parallel to the ground, the side skirt adapted to prevent radar waves from entering the soft body system;
• and
• a side panel area above the side skirt comprised of radar reflective material (RRM),
• wherein the roof is adapted to be permeable to electromagnetic energy that is either emitted from or transmitted to the antenna.