Hiplok: A new hipster lock

I know people do wear locks round their waist, but I think promoting it with a product like this is irresponsible. Has the designer thought of the damage that that lock would cause to the spine and surrounding areas if one where to fall off and land on it.

People may wear Abus locks around their waist, but if the lock were to paralyse them due to landing on it after falling they could not sue as the product is not marketed as a "wearable lock".

However selling a product as a wearable lock is asking for trouble as if one where to fall off the bike you would be able to sue if any more damage was caused by the lock, then just the plain old floor.

Just my 2 cents.

I understand this, and personally speaking I would say....

TBH If you fall of a bike in traffic in london, a lock munching into your spinal column is the least of your worries, the 134 bus or that well known black minicab taxi coming right at you will be your last & only problem. also HTFU.

but speaking from a business/ the world we live in pov.....

the man has a point, marketing as a wearable lock could come back to bite if an incident were to ever arise, though it could probably be argued either way in court, e.g. a bike is a metal thing with lots of pointy bits, a human is a soft generally stupid thing which is not impervious to point metal bits belonging to the bike, lock, bollard, underside of no.134, contents of pockets etc.]

Forgot to say, looks like a sweet idea, hope it sells well (it likely will).