Innovative clothing will protect you on motorcycle

Innovative clothing will protect you on motorcycle

By Kristina Sobol

Budrigannews.com – Adjusted on two wheels without a defensive shell, riding a motorbike is undeniably more risky than driving a vehicle. For instance, motorcyclists are approximately 28 times more likely to die in a crash in the United States than car occupants.

Be that as it may, advancements in airbags could assist with protecting motorcyclists.

16 years ago, Moses Shahrivar created his first pair of motorcycle jeans with a protective leather lining in collaboration with Harley-Davidson Sweden. He is now taking the concept to the next level. His business, Airbag Inside Sweden AB, has created a prototype pair of super-strong jeans with hidden airbags hidden inside the legs.

The jeans are fastened to the wearer’s motorcycle, and in the event that the wearer falls from the bike, the airbags are activated, filling with compressed air to lessen the impact on the lower body. Shahrivar explains that the airbag can then be deflated, refilled with gas, and reassembled into the jeans for subsequent use.

Airbag Inside Sweden AB is conducting a series of crash tests on the jeans to ensure that they meet European health and safety standards.

In order to develop the concept, the company has received funding in the amount of $180,000 (€150,000) from the European Union. It anticipates launching the jeans in 2022. A crowdfunding campaign to develop a similar concept has been launched by the French company CX Air Dynamics.

According to Shahrivar, this kind of protection won’t be available for the lower body for the first time.

For the upper body, equivalent technology has been available for more than 20 years. Under a jacket, motorcycle airbag vests protect the chest, neck, and occasionally the back.

Similar to Shahrivar’s jeans, earlier versions were tethered to the bike. However, more recently, autonomous electronic airbags have been developed that instead make use of cutting-edge sensors to recognize when the rider is about to fall.

A system developed by the French company In&motion is one of the autonomous airbags currently available on the market.

In 2011, the business started making wearable airbags for professional skiers. Since then, it has made the technology work for motorcyclists. It has developed a GPS, gyroscope, and accelerometer-filled “brain” instead of a tether to activate the airbags. This box fits in the back of any vest that is compatible and is slightly larger than a smartphone.

Anne-Laure Hoegeli, the communication manager for In&motion, tells CNN Business, “The sensors measure movements in real time and the algorithm is able to detect a fall or an accident to inflate the airbag just before a crash.”

1,000 times per second, the box measures the rider’s position. Hoegeli explains that the airbag fully inflates to protect the user’s thorax, abdomen, neck, and spine whenever an “unrecoverable imbalance” is detected. It only takes 60 milliseconds for this.

To expand in the United States and Europe, In&motion recently raised €10 million ($12 million) in funding.

According to Emma Franklin, deputy editor of Motorcycle News, the basic operation of In&motion is comparable to that of other electronic airbags on the market.

However, the company also offers a cost-effective subscription service. According to Franklin, who speaks with CNN Business, “their system has in many ways made airbags more attainable for everyday people.”

The box can be purchased by riders for $400 or rented from In&motion for approximately $120 per year. In addition, users in France have access to a setting that, in the event of a crash, contacts the emergency services.

Although airbag protection is now required in MotoGP and the Dakar Rally this year, road motorcyclists do not have to use airbags, but Franklin considers them an important safety innovation.

Due to the fact that motorcycle airbag vests are still relatively new for road riders, Richard Frampton, a senior lecturer in vehicle safety at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom, claims that there hasn’t been much academic research into their effectiveness.

However, he cited research conducted by the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development, and Networks, which found that airbag vests provided adequate protection at impact speeds of between 30 and 40 kilometers per hour.

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According to Frampton, “from the few papers, case studies, and articles I’ve seen, they look to be a very useful device.”

“I’m in favor of them because the chest, neck, and spine are all places where injuries can be fatal”