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Tweet: Okay I thought this one straight up has to be hyperbole, there’s no way they’d make an airbag that checks your subscription status or it doesn’t go off, but it’s fucking TRUE: “Without the subscription service from In&Motion, the airbag system is non-operational.”
Quoted tweet: Reminder that Klim makes a motorcycle airbag vest that has a subscription service and if you don’t pay and get in a wreck it just doesn’t go off
Google results screenshot: Ai-1 Airbag Vest (Klim) - Choose from $12/month or $120/year subscription options, which include…
Original tweet dated 30th April 2021
There are many things that make me glad that I am not a motorcycle guy
This is one of them
There are airbags out there that use a simple tether. Small bumps don’t set it off, but if you’re thrown from your bike it does, no electronics necessary.
Alternatively if you ride with someone, they can be your airbag.