I was wondering the same thing. I was a little concerned about the adhesive fabric cover that they put over the bags. What happens if that happens to slip underneath your motorcycle tire halfway through a turn? IN the video the adhesive fabric moves way to much for me to be comfortable riding over it. I was also surprised that they just went out and threw it in a pothole in Cleveland somewhere. Is that allowed? Real world live tests of prototype products on the street.

The article states at the end that the city has offered to help them test it. It is pure speculation but maybe they had already helped by giving permission to test on the potholes mentioned earlier in the article.