invisable bike helmet!! ...

MS.ing · 13-05-2014 10:42AM #1

Amazing! and not just conceptual but actually on sale now too!

one of them times you might think " o yeah, why didnt I think of that!"

http://www.goodnet.org/articles/invisible-bike-helmet-that-keeps-you-safe

dodderangler · 13-05-2014 10:45AM

Deadly aren't they.
Here's one I made earlier
( picture is also invisible)

Boombastic · 13-05-2014 10:47AM

I can't see that working

Jawgap · 13-05-2014 10:47AM

Well most cyclists are already treated as if they are invisible, so why not an invisible helmet.......

D1stant · 13-05-2014 10:48AM

Stupid bastardin things

I after buying 6 of them and cant find them anywhere

Turtyturd · 13-05-2014 10:49AM

Jawgap wrote: »

Well most cyclists are already treated as if they are invisible, so why not an invisible helmet.......

Nonsense...they are perfectly visible breaking lights and cycling along paths.

Boombastic · 13-05-2014 10:50AM

will they accept MasterCard or some other form of payment?

Jawgap · 13-05-2014 11:05AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Nonsense...they are perfectly visible breaking lights and cycling along paths.

except the ones you don't see, because then they'd be visible......;)

Btw - €300 for a bike helmet........that's a lot to avoid helmet hair!

MS.ing · 13-05-2014 11:07AM

amazing design, to have it inflate fast enough (like an airbag)and in such a way to avoid neck injury. really clever piece of kit, relatively soft supple and winter scarflike

video demo showing crash tests on the link too. mind = blown (wait maybe I mean neck)

foggy_lad · 13-05-2014 11:11AM

I'd rather not wear explosives around my neck, even if it is there to inflate an airbag helmet.

Tokyo · 13-05-2014 11:16AM

As an innovation, it's nice, but what's wrong with passive safety? If you have a helmet on your head, then it just works by default. This airbag collar looks like it needs to be powered (batteries can die), switched on (easy to forget), no protection in a front impact, plus I'm not a fan of the idea of wearing an explosive charge around my neck.

The idea has been around for a while too - there was a motorbike airbag jacket back in the 90's that never took off for the same reason.

Boombastic · 13-05-2014 11:19AM

you could cycle inside a large inflatable ball (zorb?) like a hamster, much safer all round

Kirby · 13-05-2014 11:21AM

Very clever.....but that's not invisible. It's an airbag for your head. Very visible.

pickarooney · 13-05-2014 11:21AM

That collar looks much more uncomfortable than a helmet, although a helmet is ****-all use in case of a crash.

Red Nissan · 13-05-2014 11:22AM

Ironically, I see this technology being used in the motor cycle industry.

Personal airbags are not new and are a once off usage [usually] cyclists fall off almost routinely, a cyclist falling off his bike is not a once in a lifetime incident as crashing a car is.

I thought they were going to weave absorbent materials into their hair!

endacl · 13-05-2014 11:24AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Nonsense...they are perfectly visible breaking lights and cycling along paths.

And they're off!!

Caliden · 13-05-2014 11:25AM

Do you have to buy a new one when it's used?

Turtyturd · 13-05-2014 11:29AM

endacl wrote: »

And they're off!!

Such a stupid post.

You're conveniently ignoring the fact that I was responding to a post which played the 'cyclists are victims' card.

But a cyclist ignoring sh*t is par for the course.

endacl · 13-05-2014 11:31AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Such a stupid post.

You're conveniently ignoring the fact that I was responding to a post which played the 'cyclists are victims' card.

But a cyclist ignoring sh*t is par for the course.

And the pace quickens as they reach the first bend...

rubadub · 13-05-2014 11:32AM

Kirby wrote: »

Very clever.....but that's not invisible. It's an airbag for your head. Very visible.

its less visible to motorists than a traditional helmet. They have done studies and motorists give less room to cyclists wearing helmets than those without, presumably thinking it will not be as bad if they fall off -similar to how in school I remember people going mental with hurls once full face hurling helmets were compulsory.

This is one of several reasons why some people think not wearing a cycling helmet when commuting can be safer in the long run.

Jawgap · 13-05-2014 11:38AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Such a stupid post.

You're conveniently ignoring the fact that I was responding to a post which played the 'cyclists are victims' card.

But a cyclist ignoring sh*t is par for the course.

Except I wasn't playing the victim card.......just relaying an observation that's something of an in-joke among people who cycle and that's also good advice - when you are on a bike, should always assume that other road users have not seen you, because then

you'll never be surprised at their idiotic behaviour.
you'll be less likely to be knocked off or have to take take evasive action

Jawgap · 13-05-2014 11:40AM

rubadub wrote: »

its less visible to motorists than a traditional helmet. They have done studies and motorists give less room to cyclists wearing helmets than those without, presumably thinking it will not be as bad if they fall off -similar to how in school I remember people going mental with hurls once full face hurling helmets were compulsory.

This is one of several reasons why some people think not wearing a cycling helmet when commuting can be safer in the long run.

the Bristol Bath University study?

they also found that a helmet incorporating a blonde wig led to motorists giving you more room......

https://www.eta.co.uk/2011/04/01/safest-bicycle-helmet-has-built-in-wig/

kneemos · 13-05-2014 11:48AM

Looks a tad sweaty in anything other than winter weather.

MS.ing · 13-05-2014 11:50AM

pickarooney wrote: »

That collar looks much more uncomfortable than a helmet, although a helmet is ****-all use in case of a crash.

I see you have had no experience of crashing on a bike, good luck with avoiding that in future then, for your sake. :rolleyes:

kneemos · 13-05-2014 11:53AM

Jawgap wrote: »

the Bristol Bath University study?

they also found that a helmet incorporating a blonde wig led to motorists giving you more room......

https://www.eta.co.uk/2011/04/01/safest-bicycle-helmet-has-built-in-wig/

Drivers always give me an extra wide berth when I have a flashing rear light for some reason.The difference is quite noticeable

seamus · 13-05-2014 11:57AM

These yokes have been circulating the web in various "Wow! look at this new innovation!" videos for years now.

The basic gist from most people is that they're too expensive and too impractical for everyday use. In the dead of winter they're great for keeping your neck snug, but cycling around in the summer in a T-Shirt with a lifejacket hanging around your neck is just not going to happen.

It's a solution looking for a problem. The number of cyclist injuries which can be prevented by the use of any kind of helmet is practically zero. Most collisions are with vehicles that weigh a number of tonnes. Helmets are about as effective as a towel in that scenario.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller · 13-05-2014 11:58AM

I could see it.

MS.ing · 13-05-2014 12:00PM

Red Nissan wrote: »

Ironically, I see this technology being used in the motor cycle industry.

Personal airbags are not new and are a once off usage [usually] cyclists fall off almost routinely, a cyclist falling off his bike is not a once in a lifetime incident as crashing a car is.

I thought they were going to weave absorbent materials into their hair!

Id say its more clever than that, a certain g force would be needed for it to trigger (like a car airbag) Id imagine, but then flip side of that is it wont trigger if that g isnt reached...tricky. that said Im just conceptualising here vs 7 years of development at least that it took to make

Birroc · 13-05-2014 12:04PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

But a cyclist ignoring sh*t is par for the course.

I cant help ignore it is part of your username.

milltown · 13-05-2014 12:06PM

I can see these being outlawed the first time somebody puts it on upside down and has their head torn off in a minor accident.

Tokyo · 13-05-2014 12:06PM

seamus wrote: »

The number of cyclist injuries which can be prevented by the use of any kind of helmet is practically zero. Most collisions are with vehicles that weigh a number of tonnes. Helmets are about as effective as a towel in that scenario.

I wouldn't agree. While helmets might not be the difference between walking away from an accident and an extended stay in hospital, they can be (and quite often are) the difference between an extended stay in hospital, and being propped up in a chair in the corner of the room, drooling out of the corner of your mouth and sucking your dinner up through a straw for the rest of your life.

invisable bike helmet!! ...

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