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Making biking safer

Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 10:33
by Kwacky
https://www.visordown.com/news/industry ... GHLSGV3P7s

It sounds good on paper. I wonder how much assistive radar braking would add to the cost.

Re: Making biking safer

Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 10:48
by C00kiemonster
I’d want to see it in action but could be great in cities especially…

Re: Making biking safer

Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 10:55
by D6Nutz
Unless it's like the collision warning on our Volvo!

Keep turning the bloody thing off as it gives so many false warnings, especially parked cars on a road with a bend in it.

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Re: Making biking safer

Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 11:18
by duke63
D6Nutz wrote: 28 Oct 2023, 10:55 Unless it's like the collision warning on our Volvo!

Keep turning the bloody thing off as it gives so many false warnings, especially parked cars on a road with a bend in it.

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My Toyota is the same. Great in theory but the technology still needs a lot of work. Not sure I would want a bike applying the brakes for me. It’s all heading towards driverless vehicles.

Re: Making biking safer

Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 11:35
by D6Nutz
duke63 wrote:
D6Nutz wrote: 28 Oct 2023, 10:55 Unless it's like the collision warning on our Volvo!

Keep turning the bloody thing off as it gives so many false warnings, especially parked cars on a road with a bend in it.

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My Toyota is the same. Great in theory but the technology still needs a lot of work. Not sure I would want a bike applying the brakes for me. It’s all heading towards driverless vehicles.
Driverless is a great theory, but practically it's a long way off. Computers are nowhere near powerful enough to run the hundreds of simulations needed in real-time every second to predict the random possibilities that could happen in our roads.

The one and only predictable thing about our planet is its unpredictability.

To make it work every vehicle needs to be controlled by a "master" computer that is aware of all vehicles and their expected movements. Maybe motorways would be a good starting point.

IMO what would be better though is to go back to teaching people how to drive/ride rather than teach them how to pass a test.

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Re: Making biking safer

Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 11:41
by Kwacky
Retesting should be brought in. But it's a vote loser and it's too expensive to set up, despite the long term benefits.

Re: Making biking safer

Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 11:56
by duke63
Kwacky wrote: 28 Oct 2023, 11:41 Retesting should be brought in. But it's a vote loser and it's too expensive to set up, despite the long term benefits.
It’s ludicrous you can pass a driving test at 17 and never ever get tested again

Re: Making biking safer

Posted: 28 Oct 2023, 11:59
by duke63
I suspect that within 10-15 years only driverless vehicles will be allowed in town and city centres as that’s easily done and will be the experiment to make it work all over.