The Impact Jacket, or Airbag Jacket, is a motorcycle jacket equipped with an airbag to prevent injury upon impact. Impact Jackets can also be used to provide horse back riders with personal airbag protection.http://www.impactjackets.com/index.html As such, they are advertised as reducing the risk of serious injury and death, more so than any other invention for motorcycle and horse back riders save the helmet. Each Impact Jacket costs $395 US on the Impact Jacket website, and comes in a variety of styles and colors, including black, yellow, and blue.http://www.impactjackets.com/cgi-bin/ez-catalog/cat_display.cgi?account=X380179;search=2;search=2006%20Products;limit=category;v=2.0

The Impact Jacket was tested for Inflation and Impact by Interk ETL Entela, for automotive airbag deployment systems testing.http://www.impactjackets.com/testing.html

According to the Impact Jacket website, each jacket comes with a lanyard already attached to the jacket, two anchoring cables, and a CO2 cartridge, as part of the complete airbag system.http://www.impactjackets.com/operations.html The anchoring cable is connected to the frame of the motorcycle for motorcycle riders; when riders get on the bike, they must simply connect the lanyard to the anchoring cable and they are ready to ride. When riders get off of the bike, they must simply unhook the landyard from the anchoring cable and walk away.http://www.impactjackets.com/operations.html

In the event of a collision, whereby a rider is ejected from the bike, the impact jacket lanyard will separate from the bike and activate the CO2 cartridge to instantaneously inflate the jacket with a time of approximately a half second.rhttp://www.impactjackets.com/operations.htmlThe jacket provides extra protection when ejected from the bike to the most vulnerable parts of the body. As such, it enhances protection to the front chest area, side ribs areas, the back area giving support to the neck and spine areas.http://www.impactjackets.com/operations.html

According to the Impact Jackets website, all of the jackets are reusable after inflation. Due to safety reasons and precautions, all jackets are advised to be inspected by an authorized dealer for damage before reuse. The CO2 cartridge is only good for one inflation, it must then be replaced by an authorized dealer.http://www.impactjackets.com/operations.html

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