This is not a helmet...

[jiggerypokery]

...but then again!

A happy compromise for all you lid haters?

http://gizmodo.com/5668304/this-pretty-girl-is-wearing-an-invisible-airbag-helmet

 

[magnatom]

Very interesting that.....from a technical point of view. From a practical point of view.....will we all have to wear neck scarfs when cycling?!?

Someone obviously thinks this is a good, having paid for the cost of testing!

 

[magnatom]

And here is how we are all going to look wearing them!

 

[MartinC]

I'm not sure who these 'lid haters' are, I've never come across any. Interesting idea though, very useful for pedestrians and car drivers too. Do you have any more info on things like sensitivity to direction of movement, impact and time from deployment to impact?

 

[adscrim]

Very interesting that.....from a technical point of view. From a practical point of view.....will we all have to wear neck scarfs when cycling?!?

Someone obviously thinks this is a good, having paid for the cost of testing!

I'm unsure of the seriousness in which the testing was carried out, there is definite sniggering at 3.33

 

[Amanda P]

I thought this was going to be a sort of surreal, Magritte-style thread. Ceci n'est pas un casque, sort of thing.

 

[L.E.D.]

The least they could have done was made it look like carbon fibre.

 

[thomas]

...but then again!

A happy compromise for all you lid haters?

http://gizmodo.com/5...e-airbag-helmet

How the hell am I going to fit my helmet camera to that

 

[gaz]

How the hell am I going to fit my helmet camera to that

With lots of pennies?

 

[courtenay]

Could do with one of these for my friday night stumble back from the pub

 

[ianrauk]

Could do with one of these for my friday night stumble back from the pub

FNSbftP

 

[jonny jeez]

First off, it does not seem to offer much protection at all, its already deflating by the time the head hits something hard. Cant see it stopping impact injury like a lid will.

also, if its activated from sudden tilt/movement, then how does it deal with sneezing?

 

[HJ]

Just got to show that it would be better to stop driver killing and maiming people, instead of blaming the victim

 

[downfader]

Looks rediculous. Looks hot. Looks uncomfortable. Looks even more unreliable that regular cycle helmets

Interestingly I made this point on friday to a young student girl at work. She, being foreign and possibly mislead by someone else, thought that it was a legal requirement to wear a helmet. I told here it wasnt. "But it will protect me in an accident."

"Cuts and scratches, yes. It wont protect you from a car," I replied, "better to learn the safe techniques of road craft."

She seemed to take what I said on board.

 

[ufkacbln]

Good news is that it has no snag points or vents so will cause less injuries than some helmet designs and stay in place!