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A general question: what evidence is there that airbag vests help?
by mcguire 6y ago
A general question: what evidence is there that airbag vests help?
- samatman 6y agoIs this something we need evidence for? A question I would understand is something like "is there a good study on how much an airbag vest helps?". But especially the kind with cervical stabilization, it's pretty much guaranteed to provide some protection. There will be some situations where the rider is injured instead of dead, or bruised instead of injured. RCTs aren't science, we're allowed to reason on the basis of readily-apparent empirical facts.
- CamperBob2 6y agoIs this something we need evidence for? Wow. When is the answer to this question not "Yes"?
- samatman 6y agoAll the time? Is water wet? Is the grass green? If you're hungry, will eating food relieve hunger? Are you better off falling off a motorbike wearing a jacket or nothing? Ok, how about a blow-up cervical collar?
- CamperBob2 6y agoMy guess is, you're either too young to remember what happened when automobile airbags first began to appear, or you just weren't paying attention. Hint: the current recommendation to place children in the rear seats came about as the result of more than a few children being injured or killed by airbags. It transpires that when you use explosives to solve a problem, the unintended consequences can take a while to work out.
- sudosysgen 6y agoA lot less injuries in MotoGP for starters.
- dharmab 6y agoThe Fortnine video being posted throughout this thread discusses the math- they're 50 times more effective than armor plates and are race-proven in motogp.
- horstmeyer 6y agoJust watch this. Should be all the evidence you need. https://youtu.be/6nOwDAel38g https://youtu.be/6nOwDAel38g