The future of crash helmets...

[skippa1]

Um no....

Inflates in 1 tenth of a second".

36km/h is 10ms-1 so it takes 1m at 36 km/h to inflate - your head is only about 0.5m back from the front of the bike.

Now imagine you at 100kph closing on a seagull flying towards you at 8kpm to make the maths easier. Its 3 times as fast so you have traveled 3M. I'd stick with your "permanently activated" model for now.

But its interesting technology all the same and a possible route for the future (as well as all those free to choose states in the USA)

well that fucked a good idea then didnt it

[Paul in NZ]

well that fucked a good idea then didnt it

Not really - because if you were mr too cool to wear a helmet HD rider in gator bottom USA you would still get smacked by that gull anyway. This may be a solution to that OR to enhance existing helmets. You don't know where this could go (yet)

[HenryDorsetCase]

I dont think it would matter what you were wearing if you hit a biggish bird. It would hurt like hell.

[skippa1]

I dont think it would matter what you were wearing if you hit a biggish bird. It would hurt like hell.

yeah, imagine this hitting you in the face at 100kmh

[Paul in NZ]

yeah, imagine this hitting you in the face at 100kmh

I think something already has hit that at 100kph