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Although a helmet is an essential piece of cycling gear, it doesn’t protect any body parts other than the head. That’s where the Cirrus airbag jacket comes in, as it auto-inflates to protect the back, chest, neck and abdomen.Continue ReadingCategory: B… Continue reading Cycling accidents trigger Cirrus airbag cycling jacket to auto-inflate
Six years ago, Chinese manufacturer Livall debuted one of the first “smart” bicycle helmets. Well, the company is still at it, with a lighter, sleeker new model that’s currently on Indiegogo.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: Helmets, I… Continue reading Livall is back, with a new-and-improved smart bike helmet
Big trucks tip over rather more often than you might expect. Whether because of high winds, driver error or the frequently baffling behavior of other road users, roughly 9,000 injuries and 400 American deaths per year are the direct result of rollover … Continue reading Smart anti-rollover coupling can jettison the trailer to save truckies
In order to keep drivers from passing too close, some cyclists use bike-mounted foam “noodles” that extend out horizontally toward the traffic. The L-Bow takes that concept a step further, by applying it to a tail light.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycl… Continue reading Bendable bike light made to give cyclists some space
A few days ago, two Texan men, aged 59 and 69, died in a bizarre road accident when their car, a 2019 Tesla Model S, ran off the road at high speed in a curve, hit a tree, and burst into a fireball that took four hours to fully extinguish. The shocking… Continue reading How much blame should Tesla accept if customers misuse its products?
How long is a person’s ability to safely drive impaired after consuming cannabis? A world-first meta-analysis looking at 80 different studies suggests cannabis intoxication spans anywhere from three to 10 hours, raising questions over some roadside tes… Continue reading Study calculates duration of driving impairment after smoking cannabis
Although there are now many light-equipped bike helmets on the market, the Torch T1 was one of the first. Its makers have now returned to Kickstarter, with a model that features LED panels which can be removed as needed.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycl… Continue reading TorchONE bike helmet features removable light panels
It was just last week that we heard about the Otto, a simple-to-use bike tail light with some “smart” features. Well, the unrelated Luislight L300 could be considered the Otto’s headlight equivalent.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags: bi… Continue reading Carbon fiber bike light powers up with a magnetic mount
Like a lot of other “smart” products, smart bike lights can sometimes be annoyingly complicated to operate. The Otto tail light is designed to be different, in that it does have some clever functions, but you just set it and forget it.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Smart bike light makes a point of keeping things simple
People keep falling off motorbikes, it seems, no matter how many times we tell them not to. So since the early 2000s, many companies have been working to get airbag technology into the bike world. Honda, for example, started work on motorcycle-mounted … Continue reading Airbag motorcycle pants may just save your butt