"Tech to help cyclists stay safe"

[Pingu]

My arse.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30706146

[Kim]

Transponders to alert cars to your presence already?  Cor...

[Cudzoziemiec]

Tech is shiny and so much easier than behaviour.

I liked this article, from a link on the same page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30705901

Smart Clip reminds parents of babies left in cars

A high point in the history of gadgets which miss the point.

[perpetual dan]

I saw the article earlier but was distracted by other stuff and failed to be baited.

Transponders to alert cars to your presence already?  Cor...

Puts me in mind of Jeff Noon's blurbs. A drone that shouts "oi" for me at appropriate times could be helpful. Particularly uphill when I'm short of breath.

[Pickled Onion]

Connected Cycle's pedal looks like any other

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srsly?

[Gattopardo]

Pointless.

[arabella]

I was distinctly unimpressed with Mr Bendick

Klas Bendick, a spokesman for Volvo, said the system's ability to warn about imminent collisions could help save lives as accident data suggests 50% of all cyclists killed on the roads collided with a car.

(my bold)
(Can't he stick to making bittermints, I remember them as rather good)

[Mr Larrington]

Hence that sticker which used to be popular on PTWs a few years ago:

My other bike is under a Volvo

[Gattopardo]

As a volvo owner....

So less use for the eyes and the brain...this is technology for nothing other than people who are incapable of controlling a vehicle.