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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 Grishnakh on Wednesday January 10 2018, @09:14PM (3 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday January 10 2018, @09:14PM (#620629)

    How about "The driver keeps their eyes on the fucking road and sees the biker long before...

    We've been trying that ever since cars were invented, and it doesn't work. Relying on drivers to drive properly is hopeless; they just aren't very good at it. What we need to do is eliminate human driving altogether. Remember, all it takes is one tiny error by a human driver piloting a 2-3 ton vehicle and lives are lost, both cyclists' and other drivers'.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @10:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @10:06PM (#620668)

    And all it take is one tiny error in a program, written by a team of human, piloting thousands of 2-3 ton vehicles and lives are lost, both cyclists' and other drivers', but at least not the programmers'.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @11:25PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10 2018, @11:25PM (#620711)

    Actually, humans watching out for each other works damn well. Have you hit a cyclist hard enough to do any serious injury? Know anyone that has? When looked at time or mileage between accidents, the current system is amazingly safe. It's just a huge system, and the news only tells us about problems, not successes.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @09:34AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 11 2018, @09:34AM (#620859)

      > Have you hit a cyclist hard enough to do any serious injury? Know anyone that has?

      Because anecdata is the best data.