In fact, the new Magic Barrier Gear worn by the guard and the Collision Protection Device for the Mana Sedan that Canby and the others were researching both came from the same system. The impetus, naturally, had been Servini's recent car accident.
When he first designed the Mana Sedan, Xu Yi had considered installing something like the airbags in cars on Earth to protect the driver. However, research progress and several other issues had prevented the first batch of Mana Sedans from being equipped with such a device.
Besides, from Xu Yi's perspective, the Mana Sedan's top speed was only sixty kilometers per hour. Even a collision between two cars was unlikely to cause particularly serious injuries, and the facts had borne out his expectations.
In the month or so since the Mana Sedan's release, several accidents had indeed occurred in Bunta City. But the cars simply could not go that fast, and the Xinfei Merchant Guild used new alloy steel in their construction, making them extremely sturdy. As a result, none of the accidents had been particularly serious. As long as the occupants wore their Seat Belts, the worst they suffered was a sore chest from the belt pulling tight.
Servini's accident, however, had been different.
Baron Billier had been driving his Magic Locomotive drunk, maintaining its top speed before crashing straight into her head-on, so the impact had actually been quite violent.
Although neither Servini nor Baron Billier had suffered any injuries in the accident, the thought that even someone as distinguished as the Princess Royal had come close to being hurt prompted Xu Yi to act. To prevent a similar accident from causing real harm, he ordered the Magic Research Institute and the Magic Machine Tool Research Center to research a collision protection device for the Mana