[*BCM*] GPS for Bikes

[TSmith4918 at aol.com]

My 14 year old kid had a great idea last night:  have auto-based GPS  systems 
warn the driver when they are in 100yds of a biker.  that gentle  reminder 
could improve our visibility
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/31/2008 12:04:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jym at econet.org writes:

>  Most police have no experience with accident reconstruction
> involving  bicycles and furthermore see more cyclists ignoring
> the traffic laws  than following them so why shouldn't they
> assume that the cyclist was  at fault.

=v= I would say "misperceive" rather than "see."   Motorists
ignore more laws, more serious laws, and with much more  serious
consequences; but since this is the norm, the police have  taken
to ignoring all but their most egregious offenses.  (Most  of
them are plunked behind the wheels of cars themselves.)
<_Jym_>


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