Making biking safer

[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.

[C00kiemonster]

I’d want to see it in action but could be great in cities especially…

[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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[duke63]

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.

[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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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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[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.

[duke63]

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

[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.