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Warhed
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I don't think it's a hoax, I've worked with metal plated plastics/reflectors and light diffusers and the system appears perfectly plausible. It's basically just a variation on the periscope.

I'm pretty sure that the relatively low level of light transmission and diffusion due to the plastic reflective surfaces and rear lens would make headlight glare less of a problem than it is in your rear view mirrors.

For sportsbikes with extremely crouched rider positions - unless the back of your head is actually lower than your back - I'm pretty sure it would be perfectly possible for the optical properties of the rear lens to be altered to adjust the view angle lower so you could get at least some rearward vision, albeit somewhat distorted... of course, if you wore that helmet on a cruiser or a dirtbike you'd only see your rear seat and mudguard...

...and at this point I'm in danger of getting myself confused with someone who actually gives a damn, because having said all that I personally can't really see it being terribly useful - In 33 years of riding I've never had an accident where I thought that poor rearward visibility was in any way a contributory factor.

I have been unfortunate enough to have been hit from behind FOUR times - always whilst stationary, at lights/junctions/roundabouts - and I'm pretty certain that being able to see the idiots responsible would not have have helped in any way :(

...oh, and the helmet itself is ugly as a hell :)

I don't think it's a hoax, I've worked with metal plated plastics/reflectors and light diffusers and the system appears perfectly plausible. It's basically just a variation on the periscope.

I'm pretty sure that the relatively low level of light transmission and diffusion due to the plastic reflective surfaces and rear lens would make headlight glare less of a problem than it is in your rear view mirrors.

For sportsbikes with extremely crouched rider positions - unless the back of your head is actually lower than your back - I'm pretty sure it would be perfectly possible for the optical properties of the rear lens to be altered to adjust the view angle lower so you could get at least some rearward vision, albeit somewhat distorted... of course, if you wore that helmet on a cruiser or a dirtbike you'd only see your rear seat and mudguard...

...and at this point I'm in danger of getting myself confused with someone who actually gives a damn, because having said all that I  personally can't really see it being terribly useful - In 33 years of riding I've never had an accident where I thought that poor rearward visibility was in any way a contributory factor.

I have been unfortunate enough to have been hit from behind FOUR times - always whilst stationary, at lights/junctions/roundabouts - and I'm pretty certain that being able to see the idiots responsible would not have have helped in any way :(

...oh, and the helmet itself is ugly as a hell :)

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