
I was riding home from work at around 4pm, I was on a section of national speed limit A road ,which due to a set of temporary lights was pretty clogged up. The traffic was probably backed up just short of a mile so I decided to filter down the outside of the vehicles. As I was doing so a driver out of frustration has decided to make a U turn in the road to get out of the traffic as well (by his own admission after he hadn’t checked his mirrors). As he turned across the front of me I anchored up as best I could but there was nothing to be done. The bike hit the side of his car and as the suspension compressed it chucked me off the back of the bike. Good as gold as I left the bike the airbag went off gripping me tightly and before I knew it I was flat on my back after a heavy whack to the road surface. Despite the noise and to other road users disbelief I hadn’t felt a thing. Due to the collar of the bag my helmet hadn’t even hit the floor. I had purchased this product as a just in case/fingers crossed I never need it but after this incident I can’t tell you how glad I am that I was. My confidence in the kit and being out on the road has only increased from this incident.


