EN 17092-5 Protective Clothing for Motorcycle Riders - Standard Test for Class B Clothing

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Motorcyclists' protective jackets, pants, one-piece suits, two-piece suits, impact protection suits, and other protective clothing are intended to provide riders with some protection without significantly reducing the rider's ability. They are also designed to provide adequate protection against the risks they are intended to protect against, such as falling off a motorcycle or other accident. Additional and special hazards encountered during a motorcycle accident may include: impact and abrasion from the riding surface, striking the rider's motorcycle, colliding vehicles and other objects.

Protective clothing for motorcyclists is not intended to and cannot prevent trauma caused by high-energy impacts, trauma caused by severe bending, twisting, torsion, twisting or crushing forces resulting from striking an object, trauma caused by excessive wear. No protective clothing can provide complete protection against all injuries.

The principle of this standard is to define the essential performance requirements required for motorcyclists' protective clothing and to ensure that they can offer useful protection classes to drivers according to the risks that motorcyclists may encounter in various driving situations described above. This standard does not cover risks arising from extreme weather conditions. Where additional protective features are requested (e.g. high visibility), the evaluation of those protective features will be made according to appropriate additional standards.

Motorcycling encompasses a wide range of riders participating in a variety of activities. Although all motorcyclists face similar basic risks when they are involved in an accident or fall off their motorcycle, the type and degree of risk or danger a motorcyclist will face and the class of protection they will need are closely linked to the riding activity. In addition, because each motorcyclist participates in his or her chosen riding activity in different ways, motorcyclists within specific riding activities are also exposed to varying levels of risk and therefore require different classes of protection.

Elements that are part of the basic design and functionality of a particular motorcyclist protective garment may be appropriate and minimally restrictive or restrictive when used in a particular environment for a particular riding activity, but may otherwise be unacceptable. restrictions and liabilities such as increased weight penalties, decreased range of motion, or heat stress in other riding environments and other riding activities and therefore may not be acceptable for use by all riders during all motorcycle activities. This series of standards has been developed to cover a wide range of motorcycle disciplines and activities of motorcyclists, each with its own specific risks and appropriate protection classes, to ensure that riders are provided with the best possible protection of the appropriate type while riding.

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