Dainese Rumored to Change Hands, Possibly Going Public
23 Dec 2013, 11:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Industry rumors kind of expect the Italian protection gear manufacturer Dainese to change hands, at least partially. Asphalt & Rubber's spies got wind of a potential move towards massive...
French Motorcycle Taxi Company Offers Airbag Passenger Jackets
11 Dec 2013, 13:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / French motorcycle company Travel Zen announced they will be introducing Dainese airbag jackets for their passengers. So far, those using the bike taxi service received a helmet with a single-use ...
Russian Potholes Will Set Off Your Airbag
18 Oct 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Because of Chernobyl, the Russian mosquitos are so big they can drain your blood in a second. You don't even want to know how many heads the dogs have. And the potholes, oh man the potholes, th...
External Airbags for Side Crashes Currently Under Development
4 Oct 2013, 09:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The 2014 Mercedes S-Class may have introduced the auto industry to new interior airbags, but the next step for cars is to have their exterior airbags upgraded. TRW Automotive is currently working to...
Dainese D-Air Thorax, the New Motorcycle Airbag Debuting in 2014
24 Sep 2013, 14:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dainese is thoroughly testing their new D-Air Thorax chest airbag protection, a natural and most welcome expansion of their D-Air Street program. While the existing armor only offered protection ...
2013 MotoGP: Marquez Receives 2 Penalty Points, Crash Data Released
3 Sep 2013, 09:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Things could have gone very bad for a lot of people past Sunday morning during the warm-up session at Silverstone, UK as Marc Marquez failed to slow down at the yellow flag the circuit marshals quic...
Early Dainese D-Air Street Test
5 Aug 2013, 12:28 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Remember when we used to report on the imminence of a wide spreading of motorcycle-specific airbag systems from motorcycle gear manufacturers such as Dainese? Well, things are going the right way, e...
More Dainese D-Ai Street Motorcycle Airbag Tests
4 Aug 2013, 09:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dainese surfaces new footage from the extensive series of tests for their D-Air Street rider airbag, and this time it's about the "non-interference" factor. The most important thin...
BMW Motorrad and Dainese Agree on Long-Term Cooperation
17 Jul 2013, 09:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / BMW Motorrad and Dainese announce a long-term relationship for developing better motorcycle safety products, for both the racing and the street environment. The starting point for the new range o...
First Front Center Airbag: New Chevrolet Traverse Ad
14 May 2013, 12:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the engineers have done their job and created GM’s industry-first front center airbag, it’s time for the automotive producer’s marketing department to enter the scene and ...
Dainese D-Air Street Airbag System Develops Further
8 Dec 2012, 11:57 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With Dainese being one of the world's best motorcycle protective gear manufacturer, it's small wonder that they are also in the lead when it comes to the next big step in 2-wheels safety: ...
Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Deploys Airbag for No Reason
6 Jun 2012, 12:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Following the Chevrolet Malibu recall regarding a similar problem, it’s now the turn of the super-hot 560 hp Cadillac CTS-V Wagon to deploy its airbags for no reason. Maybe this will teach GM ...
Airbag Powder Inhalation Kills Man Two Weeks After Accident
1 Jun 2012, 14:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The airbag has been with us for a long time now, so much so that we practically demand the protection it offers us these days. As its name would suggest it’s just a big pillow of air to protec...
How Pedestrian Airbags Work
26 May 2012, 14:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Pedestrian safety is undoubtedly one of the main concerns for all automakers out there, so it’s no wonder that new technologies emerge every once in a while. On January 1, 2009, Euro NCAP, ...
Motorcycle Airbags
11 May 2012, 19:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ever since motorcycles were invented, they have been looked at like some of the most dangerous vehicles to be found on the open roads. Despite pretty much anything a rider could say to "defend&...
Volvo Invents Pedestrian Airbag for V40
9 Mar 2012, 12:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volvo is so focused on safety that they didn’t stop to protecting the occupants. The Euro NCAP test will have to be rewritten after this car is done with them, because the V40 might be the fir...
Front Center Airbag to Debut on GM Models
29 Sep 2011, 16:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We still remember how revolutionary airbags for your knees seemed back when luxury automakers were starting to introduce them. We thought that this was it, there was really nothing more they could d...
Nissan Recalls Frontier, Pathfinder, Xterra Due to Airbag Glitch
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Japanese carmaker Nissan is recalling a number of 242,720 Pathfinder, Frontier and Xterra models manufactured between 2005 and 2009 due to what seems to be a glitch regarding the front crash zone se...
2009 Ford F-150 officially the Safest Pickup in the US
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After so many Ford statements praising the revised model we all know that the Ford F-150 is an incredible car, but even so, the American automaker continues to talk big about the car. And following...
Nissan Recalls 200,000 Vehicles
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Stan / If you own a new Nissan, chances are you'll be urged to return it to the manufacturer as the company has recently made a 200,000 car recall following a safety glitch in certain models. Accordin...