Airbags for Motorcyclists

Airbag jackets have been around for a few years now. Impact Jackets can inflate within 30 milliseconds, and have been known to save lives. Dainese took the airbag idea to whole new level, producing the D-Air suit, which uses 7 sensors to constantly analyze the rider’s movements and reduce triggering time to just 15 milliseconds. And now, Dainese has teamed up with Ducati to produce a whole new airbag system that uses wireless technology that can communicate between the bike and the suit.

According to Ducati, the new product will be available in Europe in May of 2014. Intelligent passive safety sensors are already included in existing Multistrada electronics, allowing the vehicle to detect a crash and wirelessly send the data to the motorcycle jacket, deploying within 45 milliseconds. Both the rider and passenger suits can be connected.