[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos What is interesting about the video... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Snowmobile [Email] (#686) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:29:03 In Reply to: Fascinating, dmz789qqq, Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:05:38 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

is that the airbag is hardly needed at all in this collision! the first part of his head to touch the ground is his forehead (via the helmet), and only after he has slid for a while and rolled at least once... the initial ground contact is a knee, and then eventually a slide of shoulder vs pavement with the airbag pushed to the side...

It is cool that the airbag stays inflated the whole time, and it might actually be useful to reduce neck injuries (and concussions) in this context... where this was a straight out slide, I doubt neck injury would be likely without it... but had he hit something during the slide, that airbag could really help!

However, the big difference vs the bikes, is that the rider is still wearing a helmet! Mike's opinion would be valuable here, but I would think it is safe to say that few motorcycle riders buying this suit would do so to avoid wearing a helmet... right? Granted it doesn't wrap around the head, but the whole point of the cycling one is to make a helmet unnecessary... that whole product seems to me like a solution looking for a problem...

• Bicycle helmet testing with Saabs, Dano in Texas , Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:29:29
  • Motorcycle air bag leathers..., Mike Lynch , Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:20:27
    • Different conditions, possibly more sensors..., dmz789qqq, Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:13:48
      • Not at all.., Mike Lynch , Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:27:30
        • Fascinating, dmz789qqq, Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:05:38
          • What is interesting about the video..., Snowmobile , Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:29:03 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Expensive, single use, likely to trigger accidentally., dmz789qqq, Tue, 12 Nov 2013 07:57:26
    • Expensive?, ELaw , Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:03:36
      • Re: Expensive?, Snowmobile , Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:40:39
        • Re: Expensive?, ELaw , Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:49:54
          • I would never bike on the Memorial Drive ..., dmz789qqq, Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:23:18
            • But..., ELaw , Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:19:10
          • Re: Expensive?, Snowmobile , Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:11:33
    • Re: Expensive, single use, likely to trigger accidentally., Kristjan , Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:24:35
      • No amount of work will make the deployment reliable..., dmz789qqq, Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:14:22
      • I wonder if it doesn't deflate...., Baggsly , Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:22:02
      • or does not go off at all?, Snowmobile , Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:17:04
  • This has been around for a few months, Noel, Tue, 12 Nov 2013 06:34:42
    • Re: This has been around for a few months, Snowmobile , Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:22:14
  • Re: Bicycle helmet testing with Saabs, EGD , Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:43:40
  • I almost posted this today, Kristjan , Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:28:37

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