Posted by Ralph,I finally decided to take up motorcycle riding after years of wanting to. Naturaly I’ve been researching safety gear, and I found something really cool – air-bag motorcycle jackets! That’s right, they make motorcyle jackets with air-bags inside, now, and they inflate about as fast as car airbags.
The way it works is there’s a tether from the jacket that you attache to your bike. If you are thrown, the tether gets pulled out and the jacket inflates instantly. It can be a real life saver – there are already a number of reported cases of guys walking away from what might otherwise have been fatal accidents because they were wearing one of these. I’m getting one for sure.