Review on the performance characteristics and quality standards of motorcycle protective clothing

2021 ◽  
pp. 152808372110575
Author(s):  
Gayathri Natarajan ◽  
Palani Rajan T

Motorcycle protective clothing is designed to protect motorcyclists from injuries during accidents. It helps to protect the motorcyclist and pillion passengers during the collision and acts as a barrier between the rider’s skin and tarmac surface. Soft tissue trauma is common in motorcycle accidents and protective clothing can protect the soft tissue of the riders up to a certain extent during accidents. Though there are many reasons for road accidents and injuries, the reasons such as uncomfortable clothing, thermally inefficient protective clothing during hot climatic conditions, and ineffective performance of the personal protective equipment (PPE) are also to be considered seriously. Motorcycle clothing is specially designed in such a way that it could give better protection against impact and abrasion during the collision. An increase in the usage of the motorcycle has also in turn increased the crash statistics. This paper deals with the significance of motorcycle clothing, materials, test standards, and their performance characteristics. As per the review results, most of the motorcycle protective clothing has failed to meet out the quality standard protocols. Impact resistance, abrasion resistance, thermal comfort, and ergonomics are the major areas where more focus is required. Design of appropriate fabrics assuring requisites of motorcycle clothing is very challenging and extensive research is still intended in these areas.

Author(s):  
Dietrich Spädt ◽  
Imane Moulefera ◽  
Al Mamun ◽  
Marah Trabelsi ◽  
Lilia Sabantina

The personal protective equipment and protective clothing for motorcyclists reduce physical injuries to victims of road accidents. Therefore, it is important that the protective clothing complies with a number of test standards, which must be taken into account during the manufacturing process. However, the EN17092-1 to 6 standard does not necessarily correspond to a real accident situations and these testing procedures are time consuming. In this study, a simple and inexpensive self-constructed device for testing the abrasion resistance of motorcycle protective clothing was developed and evaluated. Different types of textiles and leather with and without coating were tested and compared. According to the results of this study, not only leather but also textiles offer good abrasion resistance results. The results show that the strength of an impact significantly changes the abrasion resistance. The developed test method can provide a good alternative as a low-cost and simple test method of abrasion resistance of motorcycle protective clothing.


1994 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 180-182
Author(s):  
N. Gofton ◽  
Joanne Cockshutt

The AO wire passer can be used as an effective guide for passage of obstetrical saw wire for osteotomy. Use of the wire saw and passer reduces soft tissue trauma by minimizing tissue dissection, and promoting positioning of the saw in close contact with the bone.


1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (04) ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Stucker ◽  
Denis Hoasjoe

2000 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Andrew A. Marino ◽  
Kalia K. Sadasivan ◽  
James A. Albright

1978 ◽  
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Author(s):  
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S. Lyager

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sandegård ◽  
J. Nolte ◽  
D.H. Lewis ◽  
T. Seeman

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