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Testing an air bag motorbike jacket

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Dozens of lives could be saved every year if, like helmets, motorbike air bag jackets were made compulsory by the government.

That's according to accident and emergency doctors.

But do they really work? Rob Hunt, a stuntman for 12 years, tested an air bag jacket under controlled conditions at Goodwood race track.

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