Which cars/radar have the technology to only distinguish a bike or car. I don't think that technology is readily available at a *reasonable* price. So what you would then have is with the current setup, if it was in the car it would literally beep nearly every second you drove in your car cus it can't currently distinguish between bike vs car. And if you gave drivers the option to turn it on/off, they would never turn it on.
But yes your idea is correct. The drivers need the alert. I just dont think we have the technology *yet* that is availble within car v bike, that wouldn't also affect their daily commute or while speeding down the highway.
ETA: I'm sure by 2057 when every vehicle has QR codes that can communicate with one another and it can easily distinguish a biker vs a car ahead, it'll actually be a great tool. Of course by then no one will be riding on the roads as all the cyclists will be scared off or only riding in the weekly group rides. I'm getting ready for Zwift triathlons here in the next 20 years...Gotta pay the bills somehow as a coach in endurance sports.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
But yes your idea is correct. The drivers need the alert. I just dont think we have the technology *yet* that is availble within car v bike, that wouldn't also affect their daily commute or while speeding down the highway.
ETA: I'm sure by 2057 when every vehicle has QR codes that can communicate with one another and it can easily distinguish a biker vs a car ahead, it'll actually be a great tool. Of course by then no one will be riding on the roads as all the cyclists will be scared off or only riding in the weekly group rides. I'm getting ready for Zwift triathlons here in the next 20 years...Gotta pay the bills somehow as a coach in endurance sports.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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B_Doughtie: Mar 30, 19 7:47