Bizarre: this airbag prevents that cyclists have their neck break

Posted on 31-05-2015 21:04 by JordyS – 32 Comments”

Cyclists remain vulnerable in collisions with a car, but still refuse we almost all wear a helmet. The Hövding you can still prevent you from serious head injury incurs.

The Hövding is an airbag for cyclists, designed to give your neck and head to protect in collisions or accidents. The concept is as simple as effective: crash into something, then blows up the Hövding itself, so that the blow not by the neck or head caught. Dozens of sensors should ensure that the Hövding is not just becomes active and react only when things go wrong. That seemed sometimes to go wrong in the Hövding 1.0, where we have a couple of years already written about.

The helmvervanger is since 2005 in development, but it is only since 2013 in more and more countries (including, recently, also the Netherlands) is available. It costs 299 euros, so we doubt whether many cyclists ‘m actually use for a ride to the supermarket. If you still want to, then you can order it here.