Leather, nakedness and commuting

[Lawrence]

just a note.  In an American drag test many textiles performed only slightly better than budget jeans.  In Australian tests only 10% of the textile jackets performed to an adequate standard.

Got any sources to back this up?

It's not so much about not being killed as if you hit something hard enough to kill you it'll probably do that whether you're wearing leathers or not.  It's about not needing extensive skin grafts etc afterwards, the difference between walking away with £500+ of knackered gear or spending weeks in hospital and then months recovering.