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A road safety organisation in Australia has created a [mock-up / mop-up] of the perfect body [needed / needy] to survive a car crash. Australia's Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has called its human-looking [created / creation] 'Graham'. TAC commissioned a sculpture of Graham and released a video to educate road [users / usages] about road safety. Although Graham is humanesque, he is [somewhat / some] grotesque in parts and [preambles / resembles] a character from a horror movie. The BBC says: "He has a head shaped like a [bolder / boulder] , feet snarled like tree roots and a chest like a wrinkled [battering / bartering] ram." A spokesperson from TAC said Graham was designed to highlight how [frail / grail] and vulnerable the human body is when involved in a vehicle [colliding / collision] on the roads.

TAC commissioned [celebrated / celebration] artist Patricia Piccinini to create the artwork for Graham. She [collaboration / collaborated] with a leading [trauma / traumatic] surgeon and a road crash investigation expert to get the right look and build [by / for] Graham. She gave Graham a thick skull, a wider neck, an inflatable chest [what / that] acts like airbags, and hoof-like legs that allow Graham to jump [out / up] of dangerous situations. TAC chief executive Joe Calafiore commented [on / in] why his organisation commissioned Graham as an [educated / educational] tool. He said: "Cars have [evolved / involved] a lot faster than humans and Graham helps us understand why we need to improve every aspect of [your / our] roads system to protect ourselves from our own mistakes."

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