Eicma 2011: How To Demonstrate An Airbag Jacket
Posted on 08. Nov, 2011 by admin in News, Photos
Here at Eicma, you see many manufacturers trying to sell their stuff. Motorcycles are easy to sell, but there’s stuff out there that you need to push, and I really mean push…
One of the items that you need to convince people with a real demo, is the Airbag jacket. Usually what happens is that they put one on, and then pull the cord (if it’s a wired jacket).
The jacket inflates in nano-seconds, and you’ve become the Michelin man. But this demonstrator went one step further.
Once he had pulled the cord that inflated the jacket, he took a baseball bat, and slammed it with all his force against the unsuspecting man’s back. The man did not even flinch…. quite powerful for a demo. I jsut hope for the demonstrator’s sake, someone doesn’t take the bat away and hits him…. …
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