It’s no secret that cyclists are at a disadvantage when sharing the roads with motorized vehicles – not only do bikes offer less in the way of protection and speed than cars, but drivers often don’t ...
Anyone who rides a bicycle in any sort of urban environment knows the dangers of inattentive motorists. That tiny bell on your handlebars is great if you want to get the attention of a pedestrian or ...
You may have noticed that we talk a fair share about bikes, and the tragic death of a B.U. student Christopher Weigl last week had several of us chatting about the how the incident put us on edge. We ...
Ringing a bike bell to warn off a car driver is worse than doing nothing, because at least doing nothing won’t make you feel angry and impotent. Honking a car horn, on the other hand, will make a ...
Obnoxious honking is no longer a luxury reserved strictly for those behind the wheel of a car or SUV. Beginning Monday, cyclists will also be able to lay on the horn, and ward off vehicles that ...
When it comes to riding in the city, you'd be forgiven for thinking that cyclists don a cloak of invisibility before entering a busy traffic stream. According to the latest figures from the U.S.
Ride a bike? Cars not giving you the respect you deserve? Add the Thunder Horn, the electronic bike horn that boops at 115 decibels. In comparison, a Jet Plane is 120db, a chainsaw is 115db, and a car ...
It's a rather extreme solution to road safety - but an inventor has come up with a bicycle horn that should be IMPOSSIBLE for drivers to ignore. It runs off a scuba diving air cylinder - and emits 178 ...
When it comes to car-on bike-accidents, the difference between minor or major injury (or avoiding a collision at all) can come down to fractions of a second. That’s the speed of instinct. The problem, ...
An interesting circuit of a bicycle horn based on a popular, low cost telecom ringer chip is described here. This circuit can be powered using the bicycle dynamo supply and does not require batteries, ...
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