cyclesafetytechnologies.com - a really terrible idea

[mjr]

And he's been roundly told off by police for his nonsensical claim, as well as the illegality of mounting a device in the windshield so as to obstruct vision ahead.

Is there a link to that? It could come in useful.

I fervently hope that it is discovered that smartphones cause anal incontinence, and this chap succumbs after a really large vindaloo. Eejit.

Is a skinhead or does he have a moustache?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4diIC2MRjiA

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt_BGaDBD2I

 

[classic33]

Edet is Irish for idiot

ejit. Noun. (Ireland, colloquialism) Alternative spelling of eejit. ( A fool or idiot)"

 

[DaveReading]

Luckily it has no downloads or reviews as far as I can see.

And, happily, the author has so far succeeded in raising £0 of his £5000 funding target:

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1284617659/cycle-safety-app-cycling-motorcyclist-safety-vehic/

 

[Poacher]

Is he by any chance related to the Joseph Edet wanted for non-payment of a fine for threatening behaviour?
Try googling Joseph Edet Clacton.

 

[snorri]

The inventor could be on to something if he modified the device to lock the brakes and stop the lorry engine when a cyclist or pedestrian was within range.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

ejit. Noun. (Ireland, colloquialism) Alternative spelling of eejit. ( A fool or idiot)"

You missed the artistic licence on his surname.

 

[Drago]

And, happily, the author has so far succeeded in raising £0 of his £5000 funding target:

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1284617659/cycle-safety-app-cycling-motorcyclist-safety-vehic/

Excellent, starvation and destitution awaits.

 

[winjim]

Is there a link to that? It could come in useful.

 

[DaveReading]

That Surrey Police tweet:

We welcome tech that helps make our roads safer so long as it is properly tested, researched, isn’t going to distract a driver & is depended on by the driver to spot hazards/danger for them.

should presumably read

We welcome tech that helps make our roads safer so long as it is properly tested, researched, isn’t going to distract a driver & isn't depended on by the driver to spot hazards/danger for them.

 

[winjim]

That Surrey Police tweet:



should presumably read

We welcome tech that helps make our roads safer so long as it is properly tested, researched, isn’t going to distract a driver & isn't depended on by the driver to spot hazards/danger for them.

Ha. Good spot.

 

[mustang1]

I might create an app that reminds me not to punch idiots in the face. If they don’t have the same app confirming they’re not idiots, it’s really their fault if I punch them in the face.

That's excellent!

 

[tom73]

How about an app that deploys a tyre shedding gadget as used by 007 in Goldfinger on any passing vehicle who's driver is not fitted with the visual aid called eyes.

 

[mjr]

From his FAQ section:

"Your cyclist or motorcyclist icon will automatically change to red and a voice will instruct the driver to please be careful please be careful cyclist or motorcyclist is very close by.
The voice instructions will continue till you the cyclist or motorcyclist are at the safe distance of 100 yards."

How long would this app remain switched on in a lorry in, say, his home town of London, if it parrots out a long warning voice for each and every cyclist or motorcyclist within a radius of 100 yards?
Any driver would chuck it out of the window!

How long before some hero cracks the protocol to add phantom cyclists nationwide on every road 201yd apart?

 

[icowden]

Is he by any chance related to the Joseph Edet wanted for non-payment of a fine for threatening behaviour?
Try googling Joseph Edet Clacton.

A Domain lookup shows that he put Essex down as his location. And there is a companies house detail for a taxi driver called Joseph Edet from Clacton-on-sea who started a company called Cycle Safety App Company in 2015 which closed down in debt to almost £2000. So....

http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/10861094/MR-JOSEPH-JOSHUR-EDET

He has since started a new company however:

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11213536

Now to be fair, the "wanted" post was from 2012 and he is no longer on Essex Police's list.

 

[Drago]

So, another crap idea from someone with a track record of failure.