Road safety – Only 4% of motorcycle and scooter riders wear an airbag –

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Only 4% of motorcycle and scooter riders wear an airbag

Road safety - Only 4% of motorcycle and scooter riders wear an airbag -

Airbags adapted to the practice of motorcycles or scooters, often of the vest type with or without wired connection, still have difficulty attracting bikers and scooters: only 4% would be equipped, according to a study by the two-wheeler laboratory. of the Motards Mutual.

Motorcyclists are particularly reserved about the value of wearing a motorcycle airbag, despite the progress made over the past five years and direct exposure to shocks in the event of a two-wheeler accident. This is the finding that emerges from a study conducted by 2-Roues Lab ‘, the research laboratory specific to motorized two-wheelers by the Mutuelle des Motards..

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According to this survey carried out among "2195 drivers of 2-wheelers", only "4%" would have an airbag, whether it is wired systems (deployment of the cushion via a cable connected to the motorcycle) or more devices. recent wireless ones, triggering automated in a few thousandths of a second using sensors on the vest and / or motorcycle. Without forgetting, of course, the only motorcycle to date equipped – as an option – with its own airbag: the !

Road safety - Only 4% of motorcycle and scooter riders wear an airbag -

, the airbag would still impose "too many constraints" on the respondents, such as "having to wear it, plug it in or even put it away after use". Its excessively high cost appears above all as a major obstacle to its popularization, for "72%" of those questioned..

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La Mutuelle des Motards, which includes the airbag in its "equipment" guarantee, specifies on this subject that the average price paid by the bikers questioned for their airbag is "438 €". An effectively dissuasive price, which even climbs to 899 € for the Bering "Protect Air" wireless vest and outright exceeds 1000 euros for clothing incorporating an electronic airbag from Alpinestars or Dainese (1499 € for the leather jacket D- Air Misano 1000 above) !

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It is therefore not surprising that according to this survey, “65%” of respondents see a “constraint” in the airbag and that only “3%” want it to become compulsory. Remember that currently, only the wearing of a helmet and is compulsory to circulate with 2 and 3-wheelers, while a reflective vest must also be slipped under the saddle..

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