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B2V - Bicycle to Vehicle

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday January 10 2018, @07:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the everyone-must-carry-a-radio dept.

Trek joins with Ford to propose bicycle to vehicle communications, as an addition to already proposed vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communications.
http://www.velonews.com/2018/01/news/trek-takes-a-high-tech-approach-to-save-cyclists-lives_454307

The system connects vehicles to a larger communications system, which means cars can communicate with other vehicles, pedestrian devices, bicycles, roadside signs, and construction zones.

A cyclist would ride with B2V-enabled equipment, initially manufactured by Trek or Bontrager. Or, he or she could have a mobile app with C-V2X. The driver would then be alerted by their car when a cyclist is present in a potentially dangerous area.

Trek partnered with a company named Tome, who also add in the buzzword, "AI-based" to make sure you know that they are really with it. No mention of the power requirements for this system, and how they can be met within the extremely small power capability of a bike rider, or even the small battery system used on e-bikes.

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  • (Score: 2) by slap on Wednesday January 10 2018, @07:43PM (2 children)

    by slap (5764) on Wednesday January 10 2018, @07:43PM (#620594)

    Why not use a modified smartphone instead of something attached to the bike? Most people have their phone with them. And when you get off the bike and start walking the cars could know where you are as a pedestrian.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @07:51PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @07:51PM (#620596)

    And like bluetooth everyone would have it on constantly draining the battery, and overloading drivers about all the pedestrians/bicycles nearby. Or one the bus, or in the car, or wherever people are since they forgot to stop the ap...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @08:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @08:38PM (#620615)

      Not only that. Regular existing smartphones cannot be used for this. They lack support for C-V2X, which is still into the future, but more importantly (and despite what Qualcomm claims) C-V2X has some very serious technological and cost issues to overcome. Don't expect this technology to be ready to go into smartphones any time soon, if ever.