Airbag for Bikes – How About This…?

When it gets mass market, airbag for bikes can be the breakthrough tech which has the potential to change the way we ride…

Safety/security of bikers is the single biggest fear simply because chances of fatal injuries upon a fall are much higher when compared to cars. Until now we have heard about airbags in helmets. Someone pitched the idea of airbag collar as a safer alternate.

We have received an interesting video on Whatsapp and thought of sharing it here. Watch it up..

Airbag for Bikes: How does it Work?

This video refers to a website called as airbagforbike.com which, frankly, doesn’t seem very professional. The only information that it lists is this…

This is a digital animation of a patent pending motorcycle safety device, that can revolutionize motorcycle riding safety, saving millions from serious accidents and death, and allowing millions of new riders previously hesitant to sit on a motorcycle because of safety, to enjoy motorcycling.

The airbag system is ejected with the rider in a serious crash.

The airbag deploys only if the motorcycle is traveling at a certain speed and various motion sensors, gyroscopes detect a sudden deceleration, acceleration (if hit from behind) or loss of balance that would not be correctable by a human.

The belt system secures the ejecting seat to the rider and also secures the airbags wrapped around the rider. It automatically unfastens in a crash that is not severe enough to warrant a system deployment (to allow the rider to jump off the bike) or if the rider tries to stand up from the bike while it is stopped.

Airbag for Bikes
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It also invites, engineers, investors etc who want to be a part of it. We are not sure how old is it or what stage has the project moved to, but this definitely looks like a nice idea and can really be a massive breakthrough towards the safety of bikers. It is even more useful for a country like India where the motorcyclist junta outnumbers people travelling by cars.