How the Dutch created a casual biking culture

Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by underwater on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @06:34PM (#17863542)

What car has sensors that can detect bikes or pedestrians? My Subaru has rear radar, which is great at detecting vehicles that I literally can’t see, but I would never trust that to alert me to bikes or people.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:52PM (#17863974)

Mine detects pedestrians and cyclists easy enough. This is 2016 Acura sense, with both side and rear sensor packages. There is also the backup camera, which works really well, but I’m generally get the pedestrian warning before they enter my camera or mirror range. I still turn my head while backing up, it’s when I’m changing lanes at speed where the sensors really start to change behavior (where there is a cost to looking back and not forward).

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by magduf on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:58PM (#17869792)

My Mazda's rear radar sensors alert me if there's pedestrians walking towards me when I'm backing up in a parking lot.

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Re:How the Dutch created a casual biking culture by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:59AM (#17866537)

Most parking sensors will detect cyclists, pedestrians, small children etc easily enough, it's just that the range is very limited.

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