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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by pavel_lishin on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @01:59PM (#4444990)
A pair of low-res cameras - one pointing forward, and one pointing upward - would result in some fantastic shots as well. (Though there may be privacy and legal concerns.)
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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by agumonkey on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @03:22PM (#4445416)
With recent circuit sizes we could all turn our bikes into wheel powered google cars.

    distance sensors
    front,back,driver cameras
    automatic brakes
    gyroscope balancer
    whatever ...
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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by pavel_lishin on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @04:06PM (#4445625)
I think a bike is already a gyroscope balancer. And I do not want my bike to put on the brakes for me - that seems like a great way to send me flying into whatever obstacle it detected.
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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by agumonkey on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @04:09PM (#4445640)
Right but it can only do so much. I was just wondering how far could we go, a foot driven segway ?
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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by ralfd on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @03:37PM (#4445494)
Speaking of cameras: I wonder if bike theft is lower in the UK because of widespread CCTV surveillance?
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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by March_Hare on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @04:51PM (#4445840)
Almost everyone I work with in London has had a bike stolen (or a least a wheel or two), and everyone I know who owns a bike also has insurance. Not great evidence, but I'm not sure theft is any lower.
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Re:What Happens to Stolen Bicycles? by fromhet on Wednesday August 29, 2012 @05:28AM (#4447721)
Is all the cameras in the UK effective in any way? I mean, to know that the criminal wore a black hoodie and black pants at the time of the crime doesn't give more information than maybe sex, hoodie, pants and maybe a rough estimation of age.

Is it a potent law-tool for Londoners? What was the reasoning for getting so very many? How do people generally feel about them?

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