What do we think of this?
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/24062009/36/cyclists-divert-cars-laser-beams-0.html
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/24062009/36/cyclists-divert-cars-laser-beams-0.html
Create your own cycle lane! What a good idea.
- Thread starter PaulB
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
I rather like the idea, looks good on US roads dunno what it would look like on nasty Sarf London roads tho.
Dave5N
Über Member
- Location
- Outside The Little Nibble
PaulB said:
What's your problem?
PaulB said:
Bad day at work, or just feeling pissy?
BTW, it is a shoot idea. For it to work you would need very dark streets. IMO, it would only really work on a country road and then the concept would disappear as soon as a car headlights drowned the low level red lights.
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
shauncollier said:
A bit like wheel reflectors - very good if you travel sideways on to the traffic, otherwise who are you hoping will see them and so not hit you?
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Aren't lasers hazardous to sight? Cue the PI ambulance chasers.
grhm
Veteran
- Location
- Malvern, Worcestershire
The light lane is only a concept - it received a bunch of publicity a while back and they just released footage of a (green coloured?) prototype.
I've seen the video and I'm not too impressed. Cars won't see the lines on the ground unless its reasonably dark (i.e. not near a street light) and only when practically upon the cyclist. IMO its useless for anyone who does not cycle at a similar speed to the traffic passing them.
Still, it's good to see people trying these things - if people didn't life would be very boring and there'd never be any innovations (just not sure this is one that ought to last).
I've seen the video and I'm not too impressed. Cars won't see the lines on the ground unless its reasonably dark (i.e. not near a street light) and only when practically upon the cyclist. IMO its useless for anyone who does not cycle at a similar speed to the traffic passing them.
Still, it's good to see people trying these things - if people didn't life would be very boring and there'd never be any innovations (just not sure this is one that ought to last).
HJ
Cycling in Scotland
- Location
- Auld Reekie
You get the same effect (without the bike logo) by using a DiNotte 400L rear light mounted on the seat post and angled down, even on lit roads there is a red glow from the tarmac. The difference is the DiNotte 400L is a product that is on sale and the LightLane is a concept which probable won't make it to market. Oh and the DiNotte 400L works in day light as well...
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Davidc said:
i didn't say instead of a light did i?! i'll be ordering a set because rear & front lights have the same problem, but from the side. however, in the videos there are plenty of examples where the cyclists are only using the monkey light and there is a hell of a lot of light reflection on the ground, similar to the dinnotte.
