External airbags to save lives and making biking safer
Even if you're one of the lucky cyclists living in a country where this is a commonplace means of transportation, this doesn't automatically ensure safety. Drivers are more used to sharing the road with bicycles, but accidents still happen. Same goes for motorcycles.
A Swedish company,
Autoliv Inc., has designed a new type of airbag to deal with this problem: an airbag that deploys from the A-pillars and extends over the hood and part of the windshield.
This could save many lives if used on a wide scale - a study cited by the Dutch Cycling Federation said that external airbags could help avoid 60 fatalities each year, and could also eliminate 1,500 serious injuries a year.
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Source:
Automotive News (requires subscription)
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