Manufacturer applies for seat belt patent for motorbikes to make it easier for paramedics to find motorcyclists involved in high speed head on collisions.
Chinese manufacturer CFMoto thinks motoryclists should buckle up. The company has recently applied for a patent for a seat belt setup that holds riders in their seat under hard braking, or in a frontal crash.As per the the patent, the motorcycle itself will act as a kind of crumple zone, to cushion the force of frontal impacts against solid objects, such as when a biker runs into the back of a car – an event that's anecdotally becoming more common in the era of automated emergency braking (AEB) systems.
There's no doubt these AEB systems are useful in a four-wheeler, but it's hard to see how they could ever work on motorcycles. A biker needs to be physically prepared and positioned for a hard braking event, even in a straight line, and if the bars are turned at all, hitting the brakes can be a spectacularly bad idea. So when AEB systems pull cars up to an abrupt halt, you sure don't want to be behind them on a motorcycle.
But I digress, back to the seat belt patents. Per CFMoto, the proposed safety belt system will hold the rider on the seat, only allowing them to slide off the bike when the bike falls over, or when it senses a sideways force during a collision. More of this article (New Atlas) - link - more like this (motorbikes) - link
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