The major reason behind this fear is that as compared to a four wheeler, two wheel riders do not have the luxury of having too many strong lights around them. As a result of that bikers are not easy to spot when they are travelling on the road at night time. Therefore, we often get to hear that a car or a truck has hit a biker in the outside lane during dark. In such accidents, even if a biker is wearing all personal protective equipments, he or she still can face some serious injuries. So to sort this issue, Italian company Acerbis that offers motorcycle accessories has come up with a solution in the form of a unique motorcycle jacket.
Acerbis has actually designed a new kind of motorcycle jacket that enables the bikers to get spotted at night time. This new jacket has got several LED lights attached to it, which glows at night and let other drivers on the road know that a motorcyclist is also driving along them. These LED strips are embedded on the back, front and sides of the jacket, so commuters on the road could spot the rider from any angle. The LED lights on the jacket are powered by a smart battery that keeps them alive at night for a long time without consuming much energy. However, the LEDs do not have very strong light, but they are good enough to get the message through.
The name of this interesting motorcycle jacket is “High-LED” and the manufacturer has used Nylon Polyamide material along with Oxford 1680D reinforcements to produce it.The High-LED jacket comes with an EVA back protector. Plus its interior can also be removed, if a rider is not at ease with it.Another highlight of High-LED jacket is that bikers can increase and decrease the flashing rate of its lights in addition bikers can also keep the lights on for all time with the help of a small switch that is embedded inside the jacket. Moreover, High-LED users can also wear it during rainy season, as the jacket is water resistant but make sure that they should wear water resistant trousers with it.
Although, High-LED has several plus points to it, but there are few drawbacks in the jacket as well. The light of the LED strips on the jacket reflects in the side mirrors. Due to this reason, riders sometimes get distracted or feel uncomfortable with the flashing of the lights. On top of it, the switch to increase and decrease the rate of LED lights is not easy to get when the wearer is driving the motorcycle. The cuffs of the jacket are also little tight because of which riders find it hard to wear it over another jacket during winters.
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