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Technology advances, to where exactly?
On Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 8:00:47 PM UTC-7, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 01 Oct 2017 06:54:28 +0700, John B. wrote: What I had envisioned was a sort of air bag type of protection with an inflatable suit triggered by some sort of shock sensor. The resulting inflated "armor" would look something like the "the Michelin Man" You're a bit late to the party with that idea: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/airbag-helmet.html There is a real air bag helmet, but at 300 Euros, it's a difficult sale: https://hovding.com/how-hovding-works/ In fact, given the popularity of the auto air bag systems I am amazed that this over all (would one say all in compassing?) protection scheme is not required by law in order to protect bicyclists. It helps to have a workable product before it can be made mandatory. Maybe contrive a few statistics which show that we'll all be dead without an air bag helmet. Of course claiming that what few road fatalities can be found would not have happened with an air bag helmet. We're between elections right now, so there should be a substantial number of unemployed and available political salespeople to help with the promotion in congress. If it saves but one life..... Personally, I'm wondering why nobody had contrived a bicycle with and external frame in the shape of a roll cage. The roll cage frame would be padded, so no helmet is required. Should it be involved in an accident, it would simply bounce or roll down the road with the rider never hitting the pavement. Something like this, but with only one rider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfaF5y4Q-s4 https://www.rei.com/product/113566/f...ps-bike-helmet Actually I might be interested in such a helmet. It appears that you don't have to wear anything but a cap while using that thing. |
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