Helmetless bicycle helmet, complete with sensors

[gogoblender 3,068]

wow

 

http://www.hovding.se/en/

 

is something like this legal anywhere yet?

 

 

gogo

[Ryanrocker 200]

That is probably one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time! Awesome gadget that saves lives, I like

[chattius 2,522]

You can buy it in germany for 399euro. We discussed it in our family.

The problems we couldn't solve:

It is discussed that bicyle drivers should wear helmets. If it becmes a law, will we always be stopped because police doesn't recognize it as a helmet?

Is there any protection if the first hit is against the head without any braking befor? Low branch scenario

When will the sensors trigger? If they trigger to easily it will be dangerous, too late and they are of no use.

We have 2 stepped tandems and one normal. At he stepped tandems the heads are really close together,any riscs if the bags trigger?

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[wolfie2kX 528]

The whole exercise is entirely moot for me. Their "large" is 3" too small for my neck. I have a heck of a time finding dress shirts that fit properly unless I go to a specialty shop that carries big and tall sizes. The biggest neck size in the works for hovding is 16 1/2". My neck is (last I checked) 19 1/2". I hate tight things around my neck - so I likely would want at least a 20 - 21" size.

 

Oh well.

[chattius 2,522]

I think if they would become widely accepted prices could drop to the half and more sizes possible.

 

Currently we prefer icehockey helmets for our younger kids:

Plastic foam helmets are for a single hard impact. Kids don't know and don't tell if they hit the helmet while playing so it is useless for a future hard impact.

Plastic foam helmets are often long, with a lot of openings which may trap and break a kids head if it gets hooked by a branch, A slide/shoot at at a sandbox,..

Kids may try to trigger the airbag helmet for fun,...

 

I can see a use for the airbag helmet cycling in a city. Less possible accident scenarios so easier to program the trigger.

 

My wife as a doc considered it as useful for older people forced to climb staircases while having a disease like parkinson/epilepsy. May need recoding the trigger chip.

 

We had a bicycle helmet discussion one year ago:

http://darkmatters.org/forums/index.php?/topic/20476-bicycle-helmets/

[Thorin Oakshield 260]

I'm not sure what to think of it right now.

Although wearing a helmet when riding a bicycle isn't required by law in The Netherlands, it is advised to cyclists which are able to reach high speeds to wear a helmet.

 

I'm wearing a helmet when riding my bike, simply because I'm usually making an average of 32+ kph (20+ mph) when heading to work / home or visiting my sister in a nearby town.

And I think that's exactly where the problem begins. As my average is that fast, it means I'm able to do higher speeds under the right circumstances. I've been doing 40 - 50 kph when hooking up with some semi-professional female cyclists and having some back wind, over 90 kph when going down a mountain road at Mallorca ( and that was while the speed limit was set at 70kph, something the Spaniards never kept and they pointed to their foreheads when seeing me going that fast ).

Those who watched the Tour de France this year, have seen average speeds ranging between 47 - 57 kph and downhill speeds close to 100 kph done by the professional cyclists, meaning a 0.1sec reaction time might be too slow, or the airbag may be exploding because the collision at those speeds is a lot harder as with the speeds shown in the video.

 

However, I think this system might work to protect some other "weak" body parts, like arms and legs and the elbows and knees in particular as those are often the parts getting the first hit in the first place. And I'm speaking from own experience here. :s

 

 

Thorin

[chattius 2,522]

Please use the correct writing of Mallorca.

It may be Mallorca for catalan, dutch and german, for english it is Majorca !!!!!!

However this is darkmatters and Mal(bad)-Orca (female orc) is an island in Sacred1 where you get nice sunglasses

 

Three wheeled bicycles with a lying postion are so much saver than a normal bicycle. Given that your legs are a natural crumple zone

Less likely to fall, if falling way less height, ...