Comments on: BYO Bike Lanes Coming Soon http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/06/byo-bike-lanes-coming-soon/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Brown http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/06/byo-bike-lanes-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-20511 Mark Brown Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:05:12 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=6581#comment-20511 This is an awesome idea! One of the best yet to protect cyclists from dangerous encroachment into their riding space by motorists. I am very very impressed! I am an urban planner who works on bicycle transportation policies and provisions and will try to find ways to promote this device as well as enhanced education about bicyclist spacing. This is an awesome idea! One of the best yet to protect cyclists from dangerous encroachment into their riding space by motorists. I am very very impressed! I am an urban planner who works on bicycle transportation policies and provisions and will try to find ways to promote this device as well as enhanced education about bicyclist spacing.

]]> By: David Galvan http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/08/06/byo-bike-lanes-coming-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-19741 David Galvan Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:27:45 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=6581#comment-19741 Very cool. I'd love to see them do a test of its effectiveness at increasing the distance between car and cyclist. They should pick a route, then have the cyclist ride that route without the laser device but with a video camera to observe the car-cyclist distance when cars pass the cyclist. Maybe do that 3-5 times as a control. Then ride the same route with the video camera AND the laser device 3-5 times. Extract observations of the car-cyclist distances from each case, and see if drivers tend to give the cyclist more space when the laser device is used. Also, I noticed that the lasers could still be clearly seen even when illuminated by car headlights on the street. Are they still visible in daylight? Very cool.

I’d love to see them do a test of its effectiveness at increasing the distance between car and cyclist. They should pick a route, then have the cyclist ride that route without the laser device but with a video camera to observe the car-cyclist distance when cars pass the cyclist. Maybe do that 3-5 times as a control. Then ride the same route with the video camera AND the laser device 3-5 times. Extract observations of the car-cyclist distances from each case, and see if drivers tend to give the cyclist more space when the laser device is used.

Also, I noticed that the lasers could still be clearly seen even when illuminated by car headlights on the street. Are they still visible in daylight?

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