Škoda have invented a bike bell designed to penetrate noise cancelling headphones, with the goal of reducing cyclist/pedestrian collisions, and then *released the design for free* so anyone can make it and more people can be kept safe!
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@RedRobyn @va2lam @joncounts come visit and hire a bike to come ride it!
@RedRobyn @va2lam @joncounts it’s amazing- we had a team of Dutch consultants work on it because it’s both of the things they’re good at—controlling water AND cycling.
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@RedRobyn @va2lam @joncounts it’s amazing- we had a team of Dutch consultants work on it because it’s both of the things they’re good at—controlling water AND cycling.
@SimonCHulse
Ours had both WK/NZTA and Kiwirail getting involved in the design. I question some of the decisions
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@SimonCHulse
Ours had both WK/NZTA and Kiwirail getting involved in the design. I question some of the decisions
@va2lam @joncounts@RedRobyn @va2lam @joncounts which one are you referring to?
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@RedRobyn @va2lam @joncounts come visit and hire a bike to come ride it!
@SimonCHulse @RedRobyn @joncounts I was planning to tomorrow actually.
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@SimonCHulse @RedRobyn @joncounts I was planning to tomorrow actually.
@va2lam @RedRobyn @joncounts might see you out there then- me and my family are going to ride it both ways tomorrow.
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@va2lam @RedRobyn @joncounts might see you out there then- me and my family are going to ride it both ways tomorrow.
@va2lam @RedRobyn @joncounts we should be pretty easy to pick from the crowds- my wife will be pedalling our Urban Arrow with the kids in the front.
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@va2lam @RedRobyn @joncounts we should be pretty easy to pick from the crowds- my wife will be pedalling our Urban Arrow with the kids in the front.
@SimonCHulse @RedRobyn @joncounts figured!
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@SimonCHulse its awesome that they did this and that they have opened the design up. But its odd that there's no obvious way to buy it. You can't 3D print a bell so its not like we can all go do it ourselves. Why go through all the other hoopla without making the thing?
@Niall @SimonCHulse the “why” is because car companies love making up solutions to cycling safety non-problems for PR and moral licensing the real damage they do to cyclists
See also Volvo’s victim blaming spray paint
(Oof, I’m extra grumpy today
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@Niall @SimonCHulse the “why” is because car companies love making up solutions to cycling safety non-problems for PR and moral licensing the real damage they do to cyclists
See also Volvo’s victim blaming spray paint
(Oof, I’m extra grumpy today
)@edeverett @Niall it is a real problem, though, as a cyclist I’ve encountered walkers and runners getting in my way and not moving cause they can’t hear me coming on account of headphones.
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@edeverett @Niall it is a real problem, though, as a cyclist I’ve encountered walkers and runners getting in my way and not moving cause they can’t hear me coming on account of headphones.
@SimonCHulse @edeverett @Niall
The real issue is that cyclists are forced to share paths with walkers and runners.
Ban cars, hand roads over to cyclists, the 'non-problem' disappears.
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