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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:40 am
Post subject: ~~ Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life ~~ and LOUD PIPES
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Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life
POSTED: 3:59 pm EDT October 12, 2007
UPDATED: 6:25 pm EDT October 12, 2007
BALTIMORE -- While motorists who have been in car crashes often attribute the help of
air bags to saving their lives, a Maryland motorcycle rider injured in a collision is
doing the same -- for a jacket.
Joseph McPhatter, of Randallstown, was injured in a crash on Interstate 83 after
being cut off by another motorist in September. According to police, McPhatter was
ejected 100 feet, hitting the ground at an impact rate of 140 mph.
Police said that McPhatter might have been severely injured had it not been for the
Impact Jacket he was wearing -- a jacket that inflates like an air bag when a
motorcyclist is in an wreck.
McPhatter suffered from sore ribs and knees and a few other minor injuries, but it
could have been much worse, officials said.
Officials said McPhatter's crash was the first real-life incident in the U.S. where
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:49 pm
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On Oct 16, 1:40 am, "„ UltraMan „" <ul....DeleteThis@man.jp> wrote:
> Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life
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> POSTED: 3:59 pm EDT October 12, 2007
> UPDATED: 6:25 pm EDT October 12, 2007
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> BALTIMORE --
> According to police, McPhatter was
> ejected 100 feet, hitting the ground at an impact rate of 140 mph.
Does that mean he was doing 140 mph on his motorcycle at the time
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:28 pm
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"Rob Kleinschmidt" <Rkleinsch1216128 DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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On Oct 16, 1:40 am, "„ UltraMan „" <ul... DeleteThis @man.jp> wrote:
> Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life
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> POSTED: 3:59 pm EDT October 12, 2007
> UPDATED: 6:25 pm EDT October 12, 2007
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> BALTIMORE --
> According to police, McPhatter was
> ejected 100 feet, hitting the ground at an impact rate of 140 mph.
Does that mean he was doing 140 mph on his motorcycle at the time
he got cut off ?
===
Good catch. Apparently the Police weren't required to take Physics 101
before getting their badges and guns ... >> Stay informed about: ~~ Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life ~~ and LO.. |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:18 pm
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On Oct 24, 11:15 am, "Steve And Sarah"
<sandskrie....RemoveThis@NOSPAM.yourlink.ca> wrote:
> I saw a video of an airbag jacket. The jacket inflates when the rider is
> thrown off the bike like the life jackets that inflate when you hit water.
>
> Steve
Does it also inflate when you drop your bike in
a parking lot ? That'd really be just the icing
on the cake. >> Stay informed about: ~~ Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life ~~ and LO.. |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:21 pm
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:20 am
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On Feb 25, 11:12 pm, " QUEST"
SNIP
> It does not exempt the rider from his 2 errors.
> A motorcycle crash is always the riders fault.
Yes and no... But judging by the rest of your post you must only ride
on the weekends.
In a more simple terms so a phule like you can understand.
Motorcyclist ARE superior...thus it is ALWAYS the cagers fault. I
wouldn't ride as fast as my motorcycle would go if I didn't want the
cagers as far away as possible and crawling along slow just keeps them
near me.
YOU must be one of those "follow the speed limit ridgely" types.
The ONLY right of way that matters is the one you make for your self.
Split lanes, filter and for ghu's sake look out for yourself as noone
else will.
BTW you troll from idiocy. HTHHAND
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:02 am
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On Feb 25, 10:34 pm, "Reality_Check©" <Real....TakeThisOut@Check.it> wrote:
> " QUEST" <deytrg....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com.tw> wrote in message
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> news:13s7beg9qr7d07f@corp.supernews.com...
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> > "„ UltraMan „" <ul....TakeThisOut@man.jp> wrote in message
> >> Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life
>
> >> POSTED: 3:59 pm EDT October 12, 2007
> >> UPDATED: 6:25 pm EDT October 12, 2007
>
> >> BALTIMORE -- While motorists who have been in car crashes often attribute
> >> the help of air bags to saving their lives, a Maryland motorcycle rider
> >> injured in a collision is doing the same -- for a jacket.
>
> >> Joseph McPhatter, of Randallstown, was injured in a crash on Interstate
> >> 83 after being cut off by another motorist in September.
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> > It is impossible to be cut off unless you are following too close.
>
> Bullshit!
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> > According to police, McPhatter was
> >> ejected 100 feet, hitting the ground at an impact rate of 140 mph.
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> > Second proof it was his fault.
>
> More BULLSHIT!
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>
I question the reporting at least. How does a motorcyclist 'hit the
ground at an impact speed of 140 mph' in traffic? The only way to do
it is to have been _going_ 140 mph and thus it _is_ his fault unless
you can find somewhere with the flow is near that speed.
Harry K >> Stay informed about: ~~ Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life ~~ and LO.. |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:45 am
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Harry K wrote:
> On Feb 25, 10:34 pm, "Reality_Check©" <Real....DeleteThis@Check.it> wrote:
>> " QUEST" <deytrg....DeleteThis@yahoo.com.tw> wrote in message
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>> news:13s7beg9qr7d07f@corp.supernews.com...
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>>> "„ UltraMan „" <ul....DeleteThis@man.jp> wrote in message
>>>> Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life
>>
>>>> POSTED: 3:59 pm EDT October 12, 2007
>>>> UPDATED: 6:25 pm EDT October 12, 2007
>>
>>>> BALTIMORE -- While motorists who have been in car crashes often
>>>> attribute the help of air bags to saving their lives, a Maryland
>>>> motorcycle rider injured in a collision is doing the same -- for a
>>>> jacket.
>>
>>>> Joseph McPhatter, of Randallstown, was injured in a crash on
>>>> Interstate 83 after being cut off by another motorist in September.
>>
>>> It is impossible to be cut off unless you are following too close.
>>
>> Bullshit!
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>>> According to police, McPhatter was
>>>> ejected 100 feet, hitting the ground at an impact rate of 140 mph.
>>
>>> Second proof it was his fault.
>>
>> More BULLSHIT!
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> I question the reporting at least. How does a motorcyclist 'hit the
> ground at an impact speed of 140 mph' in traffic? The only way to do
> it is to have been _going_ 140 mph and thus it _is_ his fault unless
> you can find somewhere with the flow is near that speed.
So is it the Study that's in question or the idiot reporters as usual
who don't know their ass from a tulip ?
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> Harry K >> Stay informed about: ~~ Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life ~~ and LO.. |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:52 am
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:36 pm
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:36 pm
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> According to police, McPhatter was
> ejected 100 feet, hitting the ground at an impact rate of 140 mph.
One source reports that he was doing 70 miles an hour, "keeping up with
traffic". So maybe the reporter pulled a number out of his ass figuring the
jacket cut the damage to the equivalent of 50% or ~35mph (besides the air
bag the jacket has armor). The dimwit reporter multiplied instead of
dividing.
"One of his companions went over to him fearing the worst not even
checking for vital signs and protecting his friend by shielding cars from
his body."The reporter can't write, either. >> Stay informed about: ~~ Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life ~~ and LO.. |
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:22 pm
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On Feb 26, 3:00 pm, pltrgyst <pltrg....TakeThisOut@spamlessxhost.org> wrote:
> >A motorcycle crash is always the riders fault.
>
> Ah. Even when a spoke snaps on a wheel that was tuned yesterday by the dealer,
> blowing out the tire?
They're the one who chose to ride around on only 2 spoked wheels and
exposed to the great outdoors. Whose fault is it you don't install new
spokes every month? Of course, if bike dealer mechanics are as
competent as the average auto dealer mechanic, that could explain part
of it.
Ya'll like to talk about how much "freedom" you feel on a bike. Sure,
you're free to deal with the reality of physics, balance, etc.
Hopefully you don't cause anyone else injury when you become road
smear because you fell outside of that small margin of error you seem
to find appealing or choose to be oblivious to. >> Stay informed about: ~~ Air Bag-Like Jacket Saves Motorcyclist's Life ~~ and LO.. |
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:23 pm
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<obbzerver.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Motorcycle Safety" is an oxymoron.
Ooooh, *nice* troll.
Of course, some of us have been riding for decades, at silly-eek speeds
sometimes, without a scratch, but never mind that.
Back under your bridge, now.
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:23 pm
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<obbzerver.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> And some soldiers come back from a war zone without being shot, but it
> doesn't alter that their odds of being hurt are higher than most
> people's just because of the inherent nature of the circumstances.
And some soldiers recognise the danger and can minimise it.
"Oh, I know that sound. That's the sound of a shrapnel shell from a
howitzer. DUCK!"
BANG!
"Oh, that new recruit didn't know what I know. He's toast."
Or didn't you think that?
Same applies to some motorcyclists.
Never mind. Continue with your preconceptions, troll. You're making
yourself look silly.
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:02 pm
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<obbzerver DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'd agree it's always their fault because they chose to hop onto a
> motorcycle to begin with.
By this same "logic," ANYTHING that happens to
ANYONE on ANY sort of vehicle is their fault, for
choosing to leave the safety of their homes in the first
place.
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