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Two Graduate Students Develop ‘Invisible’ Bicycle Helmet

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Dudek Law Firm

Two graduate students in Sweden have developed a new “invisible” bicycle helmet that uses technology similar to a vehicle airbag, according to NBC News. The “invisible” bike helmet, which has been dubbed the Hövding, is actually not a helmet at all but a device that is worn around the cyclist’s neck. The Hövding is designed to shoot a protective, inflatable nylon hood around the rider’s head within one tenth of a second of impact. The two grad students who designed the Hövding, Terese Alstin and Anna Haupt, did so because as cyclists themselves, they desired head protection that was more fashionable and did not ruin their hair. Alstin and Haupt, who studied Industrial Design at Sweden’s University of Lund, began working on the “invisible” helmet in 2005. It took seven years for the two to engineer, refine and test the collar. Alstin and Haupt were even able to enlist the…
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Duane Roth Day Declared in Honor of Bicycle Accident Victim

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Dudek Law Firm

November 5 has been declared Duane Roth Day in San Diego in honor of the civic leader who died from injuries sustained in a July 21 bicycle accident. According to the La Jolla Patch, the City Council made the declaration to honor Roth, who a colleague called “a great San Diegan in every sense of the word.” Todd Gloria, San Diego’s interim mayor, told the Patch that Roth was “an entrepreneur and collaborator who changed the way we lived and the way we worked.” We first reported on this story on August 7. Roth, 63, had the accident while riding near Lake Cuyamaca, hitting a rock embankment as a result of the crash. The force of the collision was so severe that it broke Roth’s bicycle helmet. After the accident, Roth was taken to UCSD Medical Center by helicopter and had to undergo surgery to relieve pressure on his brain…
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Missionary Killed in Southern California Bicycle Accident

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Dudek Law Firm

An October 10 bicycle accident in Azusa, California claimed the life of a Mormon missionary, according to Deseret News. Elder Andrew Edward Page, an 18-year-old missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was hit by a vehicle while riding his bicycle. He was the second missionary to be killed in a personal injury accident within a two-day period, and one of more than 10 to die under such circumstances this year. The 18-year-old missionary’s accident happened just after 4 p.m. on Newburgh Street. He was riding with a companion, and the companion reported that the accident happened while they were turning around after missing a turn. Page did not die on the scene, but his injuries did leave him in critical condition. He was transported by helicopter to a nearby trauma center, where he died around 10 p.m. Page had been in his assigned mission less…
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