Anyone see 5th Gear last week? Airbag jacket

primalcarl · Crazy Courier Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Karma :

Sorry if this has been posted already, but did you see that airbag jacket test done by those stunt riders?

That was all about PR, the test itself was pointless at the speed and force it was done!

MarkJ · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Karma :

My dad saw it and said it looked like a good idea. Didn't they try it on some stunt riders?

primalcarl · Crazy Courier Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Karma :

Yeah they did get some stunt riders to test it, but the test consisted of doing a donut whilst sat on the bars and falling off backwards at a few mph. Think the media covering it were a little underwhelmed

Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

They had one on tonight with jonathan ross a while ago, Ewan McGregor pulled the cord - nothing happened Shocked

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MRX Steve · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Karma :

Yeah i saw it. The guy fell from around 2 ft and did an exaggerated footballer style role. He could have done it in jeans and a tshirt and been fine.
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Jebus · Brolly Dolly Joined: 10 Jul 2004 Karma :

well that 5th gear for you, they try and copy the crazy stuff that top gear do but just cant really do it as well and normally make it look cheap and nasty
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strobeone · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Karma :

Well, I can't say I was a bad idea, but the way they tested is was a bit haphazard, with the doughnut there little or no forward momentum that would put you into a 'roll' or a 'slide', still extra bit of protection can't hurt (well the wallet maybe). as for the video its self looked like it was taken off You Tube.
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

which one was it , the Dainese Israeli one or the Webmoto Japanese one ,

I think we debated it at length and they were both flawed in that the dainese one snaps your head back/bounce (ie why car airbags deflate) and cause lower spine injury + slides rather well.

The webmoto one caused bouncing.
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bob-a-job · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Karma :

Good idea, just needs a fair bit of research going iinto it...

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