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Definitely, so long as it inflated (so… electronic?)
However that’s a totally preventable collision. On the car driver’s part by looking and really really checking. On the biker’s part by anticipating and slowing down, and otherwise moving further to get right onto the white line.
Followed by punching the wingmirror.
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I don't want to be unfair to the rider, but my suspicions are that she was a new rider (because small bike) and just didn't observe well, or brake at all. She was following another bike, so probably focused on keeping up, rather than making her own decisions about positioning etc. It's all great fun, until you nearly die.
nick_h.
Here's a recent video where an airbag would probably have helped. Seems to be a moderate speed everyday sort of fuck up, but the rider got seven broken ribs, a broken scapula, ruptured liver and a collapsed lung. In other words, a smidgen from death.
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/20088775.police-release-video-crash-car-motorbike-shaftesbury/