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Bike Projector Makes Lane For Rider
hh4m writes "Whether it's San Francisco, New York, or any bicyclistic city in between, you're destined to witness biker after biker dancing with danger, especially at night when visibility is uncomfortably low. Alex Tee and Evan Gant's LightLane device was recently just a concept but is soon to enter reality as a much-needed visual declaration of personal biking space. With a dire shortage of dedicated lanes, LightLane provides urban cyclists with a solution that adapts to them and any route they make take. The compact projector mounts easily to the rear of a bike frame and projects a bike lane-inspired linear pattern that provides great visibility and a familiarity that helps catch a driver's attention."
RTFA: super bright LEDs.
In the grand /. tradition, I didn't RTFA.
Does this device shine a light (laser ?) in front of and behind the bicycle? If so, how does it compensate for the wobble and slight variations that a bicycle may make that is not exactly parallel to the curb?
Or is this a more sophisticated solution that can determine where exactly the side of the road is, and where obstructions are up ahead, heralding cards that can drive themselves?
Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
Okay, check out my post where I showed several U.S states (Alabama, Hawaii) and some EU countries. I believe it was Bicycledriving.org.
Fearing for my privacy is just practical given data retention policies and the desires to research people's online activities for various reasons. It's not cowardly by any stretch. If you are determined to win the argument by virtue of the fact I refuse to shed my anonymity, then it will be a hollow victory indeed. Bravo.
How about just assume for the sake of argument, that a PLACE exists where the LAWS don't support your claims. It's called a hypothesis. Don't be afraid. Only some of arguments assume they don't have the rights, and I have already admitted that there are mostly likely places in the U.S and the EU that do grant them the rights. Just as there places they don't.
So stop getting hung up on the rights part of it, and answer the arguments about the increased dangers being present regardless of legality. I know the rights where I live, so if you are going to argue about where I live, then just deal with that fact.
I already stated to other posters that if I was in the EU where they state it is legal (I did not challenge them, their right to privacy, or the veracity of their statements, or call them cowards for their lack of citations) I would abide by those laws, but those cyclists were still creating unnecessary unsafe conditions that could be avoided.