Hövding has really revolutionized the bicycle helmet industry, but now they get competition, type, and they get it from within Sweden. Swedish POC, which makes helmets, and Swedish Autoliv, which makes airbags, will create a helmet together with airbags in.
Right now there is research and a prototype and it is said that you will be able to create a helmet with airbags without the design, comfort and weight changing significantly.
The two companies say that they especially look at collisions that occur at over 20 km / h and then they refer to Folksam. This is a real pet in the side of Hövding who not so long ago received criticism from Folksam in particular for working poorly at just high speeds.
Chief and the helmet that POC and Autoliv produce have different purposes. Hövding offers a helmet for those who cycle and who do not want a helmet on their head, for example to ruin the hairstyle. POC and Autoliv’s helmet feels like something for those who today ride an electric bike and do it quickly and want more protection, but who do not want a helmet for mopeds on the skull.
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Folksam stops recommending the bicycle helmet Hövding
Does not protect in the event of a car crash at 40 km / h
In Germany, tests from the German state test institute BaST showed that the Swedish inflatable airbag bicycle helmet Hövding did not protect in a car crash at 40 km / h. That is why the insurance company Folksam is now stopping recommending the helmet. According to them, it was not inflated in time during the crash tests, which caused the crash doll’s head to fly into the car’s hood. According to Hövding, the helmet does not work at the high speeds. Read a press release from Hövding about the whole thing here and Folksam’s press release can be found at the link below. Folksam’s test of bicycle helmets from last year can be found here.
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