It cannot be denied that riding motorcycles and scooters is dangerous, and manufacturers are in a constant quest to increase rider safety. To that end, Honda Motor exhibited a two-wheeler airbag, specifically designed for scooters, at the Honda Meeting 2017, held in Tokyo, Japan, on July 5 to 7.
In collaboration with Autoliv, a safety systems supplier, the Honda developed airbag protects the rider’s head in specific types of collisions, notably a side impact with a car pulling out in front of a scooter. Cars pulling out in front of two-wheelers is an all too common occurence, with the resulting, “sorry, mate. I didn’t see you,” excuse, and Honda aims to bring the airbag safety technology to the market as soon as possible.
The system works in much the same way as automobile airbags – an acceleration sensor located in the scooter’s front fairing detects a collision, and deploys the airbag within 0.04 to 0.05 seconds. In testing at 50 km/h it was found that the airbag, deploying between the scooter and the vehicle, substantially reduced impact damage on the crash test dummy’s head, as reported by Nikkei Technology.
However, the protection afforded by the airbag decreases when the impact is from the side of the scooter, or if the scooter topples over. “In many sudden motorbike accidents, a motorbike crashes into the side of a car,” Honda said. “So, the air bag can contribute to reducing the number of casualties.”
Honda has previously demonstrated airbag safety techonology on its flagship touring motorcycle, the Honda Goldwing GL1800. Other alternatives to a motorcycle or scooter mounted airbag are airbags built into the rider’s clothing, such as the Dainese D-Air or Alpinestars Tech-Air systems.
Honda is amazing. Always interested in safety of people. here in Malaysia, even our cars don’t have VSC and ABS, both the most basic safety elements which Europe, US and Japan made compulsory on all cars 15 years ago.
I hope Malaysia takes safety seriously. Until today, nearly all Perodua cars have no VSC and the Axia does not even have ABS.
Don’t even talk about bike safety also when car safety also tarak.
This is something exciting. Learn it Yamaha
Gomen must remove kapcai duties & gips airbag to mat rempits.
Safety & taxes dun correlate with each other.
Taxes = RM.
RM buy safety airbags, geddit dumn
Really? Pls explains Trash Rubbish Dustbin Sportipu Keli Vios same same price as City Vspec but safety spec like shiet?
what nonsense safety and taxes dont correlate with each other?
See above.
U sure our Gov do not tax safety features in kapcai??
To gip or not to gip is depends on brandholders, not gov.
bro, let dem be. Let dem bcum PDRM stats.
U mean like in southoverlordland? okayyss…
Plotek head from impact to bike but how does it prevent superman when eksiden like in southoverlordland?
Fly like Superman so no problemo.
Fly like one no problemo as long mulut not like one.
Can sell to superbikes cause there is a trend of pipu buying superbikes to look cool here in Malaysia.
Here it’s not ‘sorry mate, didn’t see you’. It’s ‘ Celaka betui, gua ajar p…….ni’
‘The system works in much the same way as automobile airbags – an acceleration sensor located in the scooter’s front fairing detects a collision, and deploys the airbag with 0.04 to 0.05 seconds.’
Isn’t the ‘with’ supposed to be ‘within’?
stupid idea, airbag must use together with seat belt, if not people will flying
Rider can wear airbag vest also la to protect their spine incase of terpelanting ke belakang..airbag on the bike idea is great..preventing rider from jd superman during impact..theorytically la..kn betul2 ada kes br boleh tau for sure..
Theoretically. Did NCAP or JIS do crash test to see real effectiveness of this airbag?
Hahaha! They need to actually wrapped the whole driver inside a balloon airbag upon impact for it to work effectively!
in before honda airbags unsafe logic
Only you said that, it is takata not honda!