AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
motorcycle, traffic safety, wearable airbag , airbag
COUNTRY
Sweden
DESIGNED BY
Airbag Inside Sweden AB
WEBSITE
https://jalopnik.com/these-airbag-jeans-could-make-motorcycle-riding-so-much-1846117101
Motorcycle Airbag Jeans
Airbag jeans for motorcycle riders
No matter how many safety precautions they take, motorcycle riders are still about 28 times more likely than a car passenger to die in a crash due to the prone nature of the rider.
A company called Airbag Inside Sweden AB recently designed a prototype of a new form of outerwear that might make riding safer for motorcyclists. Despite looking like a regular pair of jeans, they’re lined with airbags that will be triggered if a rider falls off his bike. The jeans are tethered to the bike, so the trigger here is similar to the safety clip on a treadmill: pull the cord, and you’ll have a pair of inflated pants.
The goal is to reduce lower-body impact for riders. We’ve had inflatable vests for riders for decades now, but no one has actually figured out how to make sense of lower-body protection yet. Until now, that is.