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Originally Posted by Grant-53
Most people assume that a lap belt is a bad idea because they belive getting clear is better. The same arguement was made about cars decades ago. Kicking clear only works when you have nothing to hit such as guard rails, trees, cars, or buildings. A reinforced fairing system can protect the back and legs. Is it the anti-cager mentality or is there hard data out there? I've got SAE Journal articles and checked Hurd report findings etc. to go on.
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To me, a seat belt on a bike would be a bad idea because of the big handling advantage there is by shifting your weight left or right to minimize the tilting angle that is required in a bend.
Obviously you could also go slower in said bend but who would want that ?
(braking / reaccelerating : bad for FE)
Also, on a car, most of the times you don't fall on the side and even if so, your legs and arms rarely occur the risk of being outside the "cage" => sounds difficult on a bike, even with a properly built cage.
On the same fashion, falling on the side (most likely in the event of a crash) with your body properly strapped (letting alone the issue of reflexes with your arms and legs that might do more harm than good) your neck will have to withstand your head + helmet weight
So : a lap belt on a bike, thank you but not for me.
Issue has been investigated by companies and they came up with air bags that follow the rider, sounds better.