Safety Sphere - Ultimate motorcycle airbag suit

Rejean Neron's Safety Sphere is a protective suit which inflates to a man-sized sphere, completely enveloping the rider in the event of a crash. It inflates in five hundredths of a second, cushioning the rider for any impact (except perhaps those into giant spikes) and consists of a loose fitting coverall suit comprised of two layers of fabric.

Neron explains: "The outer layer is made up of a highly resistant parachute type material. The inner layer is made up of a thin, moderately elastic synthetic material. In a collision situation, the passengers are thrown from the motorcycle, the cord connecting them to the motorcycle seat disconnects, the electrical voltage plummets, and the electronic circuit processor inside the belt buckle housing of each occupant connects the 9 volt battery to an electric igniter in the back housing of their respective suits." This triggers the firing of an explosive canister of propellant called nitrocellulose.
Neron is a motorcycling idealist who believes bikes could play a massive role in alleviating congestion in 21st century cities, if only riders' fear of crashing's consequences could be reduced to those of the prang-happy car driver. He's been working on the Safety Sphere for many years, through 'countless' iterations and is now looking for backing to bring the design to production.

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[MadMike2288]

All that safety gear... and still no gloves?

[KARSDAY]

I have a suit that does that now. I just drop a big fart in my leathers and they blow right up like that !

[hahaha10001]

Easily avoidable if he wasn't doing a million miles an hour.

[mesmerizeme]

JUST HOPE YOU DONT GET HIT BY A MASSIVE TRUCK COMING TOWARDS YOU

[LithCS]

I laughed so hard hahahaha

[crikycrocky]

dodgy connection could be a problem then... Imagine the battery going flat at 70+ (duff alternator. It happens.) Riders fine, stops 10 miles further on when he bounces into a lake, but the bike shoots into the side of a school bus, detonates the fuel tank of both vehicles and demolishes a high rise!. S**t happens. just thinking is all.

[GenjiSama91]

Great idea, but for the suit to expand enough to engulf the rider's body, wouldn't you need alot of loose fabric, which i imagine would be extremely uncomfortable

[eyeflame24]

@JRyan45 theball will protect you even from cars hits but even if you get on the other lane maybe you will have some luck and the other drivers won't hit you and you could survive or maybe you won't even land on the other lane.If you fall without the suit on the other lane,it doesn't matter if you get hit by other cars or land on the other lane cuz you will die or be badly injured anyway or anywhere you fall. I think the probablity of surviving to the accident are higher with that suit.

[eyeflame24]

@nidanwild that is why the suit starts to loose its ball form after a few seconds as you can see in the video. When the suit starts to loose its ball form, the speed or kinetic energy is absorved and the rider's body is slowed down gradualy :)

[eyeflame24]

@MadMike2288 he doesn't need gloves since the suit will transform into a sphere and protect him if he falls out of the bike... including the hands :)

[BusaLova]

@ricepredator I get it :P just answering your initial question.