The Goat

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say we’ll probably never see this in the U.S. It’d be nice if some green mayor forced taxis in big cities to get them, but I can’t imagine it would ever happen in such a car-centric culture. The Dutch, now those bastards are crazy enough to do it. They might give them a silly name like “Motorcycle Airbags,” but these things are biker’s dream. Instead of crashing your head through the window of a station wagon, you’d just end up laying unconscious in traffic next to the station wagon. I propose that all cars need to be covered in pads all the time, and bikers not one full lane—but two full lane (on the highway, too).

via Treehugger