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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

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
    ·
    10 months ago

    There are many things that make me glad that I am not a motorcycle guy

    This is one of them

    • Sinistar
      ·
      10 months ago

      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.