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Providing the police with an accurate account of a
dangerous road rage incident can be time-consuming and
futile. This would be a service that would monitor video
and radar data recorded by your bicycle and quickly report
instances of dangerous and/or illegal activity to any
relevant authorities.
It would be an add-on to existing
technologies paid for by subscription to a monitoring
service that would work on the cyclist's behalf with various
agencies that may or may not be interested in dealing with
hazardous driving habits. This would allow a bicyclist to
continue their ride and put any stressful moments behind
them while also giving them the piece of mind that
something is being done.
Alerts could be sent by the cyclist pressing a button on the
handlebars or triggered automatically by proximity sensors.
This would upload the last few minutes of video,
positioning, and sensor data to a central monitoring
service. Experts at the monitoring service would review the
evidence gathered and decide on an appropriate response.
Responses could be creating a report in a close call
database, informing the auto insurance company that
insures the offending vehicle, telling the spouse/parents of
the offending driver about the incident, and/or reporting
the incident to the police. Progress updates and requests
for additional information could be sent back to the
bicyclist when necessary.
Currently, there's not much a bicyclist can do about drivers
who are endangering the lives of others until after serious
bodily injury has occurred. It's frustrating to hear that
nothing will be done about the psychopath that just
squealed tires across multiple lanes at double the speed
limit to throw a jug full of piss at your head, so it would be
nice to be able to shield yourself from the apathy. There's
a patchwork of resources available to address reckless
driving that varies considerably by state and municipality,
but it's not easily accessible when you're on the road with
your head and heart swirling from a near death
experience. Having an advocate to calmly and politely deal
with various agencies to maximum effect while you
continue to pedal away the excess adrenaline would be a
great benefit to bicyclists that would go towards improving
road safety for everyone.
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Not a way of sweeping the highways clear of obstructions, then ? |
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// squealed tires across multiple lanes at double the speed limit to throw a jug full of piss at your head // |
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Wasteful ... filling the washer bottle with urine is much more economical. |
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Cyclists should not be in traffic with the several thousand pound hammers we call motorized vehicles which they can neither keep up to nor contend against before push has even come to shove. |
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Cyclists should have dedicated lanes preferably on extra wide pedestrian walks where pedestrians are given right away and extra landscaping costs incurred to the grass by the odd swerve around be damned. |
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Cyclists vs. pedestrians = owies.
Cyclists vs. anything-on-four-wheels = medical bills for cyclists costing far more than walkway widening schemes... |
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So, when I am elected Benevolent Planetary Sovereign cyclists will no longer be forced to risk their lives in order to eco-travel, and furthermore... |
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I miss my bike. It's too cold and slippery to bike now. It's been
2 months. I'm really sad. |
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This idea is good in theory, for us who want to live and ride.
Thank you for thinking of us. |
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// us who want to live and ride. // |
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"It's too bad she won't live. But then again who does?" |
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//too cold and slippery to bike now// warm clothing, studded ice/snow tyres. |
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If the user paid enough this service could provide full-time monitoring of the camera and other data feed by a remote operative. That way, poor driving by any road user could be reported without the user even knowing. |
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Responding to concerns with a cyclist's place in traffic is important
work, so it makes sense for a cyclist to hire a service capable of
handling it effectively while they're on the road. It's easy enough to
respond in a civilized manner to annotations about contending with
motorized vehicles while I'm at home during the season that
shortens my rides, but it's not what I want to be spending my time
doing when I can be out riding somewhere. |
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I think the service needs to be able to work without a continuous
video stream to be useful for properly long rides. Initially, I didn't
think a continuous video stream would work at all due to battery life
issues. However, streaming could be an option for commuters who
go from charger to charger. I would hope it wouldn't be about
providing another camera to scrutinize every last instance of bad
driving, but a well-scripted response to the worst of it initiated by a
bicyclist's request. |
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A person going to the effort of throwing a jug of piss has more going on in their life than being held up in traffic. This idea should not be cyclist specific, we all share the road system. The person whom takes more risk has more responsibility. |
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[Chairborne Hero] 60fps for say 1m or 30fps for 1m = 216 km/hr or 108 km/hr. I wonder if it was a government vehicle. |
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As a cyclist who commutes by bike on roads, I like the goal, but I don't think the
proposed solution is a particularly good one. |
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// giving them the piece of mind that something is being done // |
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I'll give you a piece of my mind! It's "peace of mind", [dork]! :) |
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(Perhaps the tagline "Think of it as a spell checker that insults you, as well" should
mention grammar in addition to spelling. And I was going to say "welcome to the
halfbakery" as well, but I see you aren't actually new.) |
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// It's too cold and slippery to bike now. It's been 2 months. // |
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Here too, but I still cycle. Not as often as in the summer, but I do. Very carefully.
Studded tires, pogies, and I put on somewhat warm pants over my shorts when it's
colder than -7 °C. I was going to cycle in ~-25 °C (though not much snow) the
other day, but happened to be offered a motor vehicle ride, so took that instead.
I think my bike's shifting would have been (only slightly) more of a problem than
my body getting cold—I have Raynaud syndrome. |
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// As a cyclist who commutes by bike on roads // |
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We'll nail you in the end ... |
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