• "Concentrate on that screen while you ride into a bus"

    From AMuzi@am@yellowjersey.org to rec.bicycles.tech on Fri Aug 14 09:38:39 2026
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    Safety? What?

    https://cyclingindustry.news/vw-to-launch-worlds-safest-ebike-with-rear-view-camera
    --
    Andrew Muzi
    am@yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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  • From Rolf Mantel@news@hartig-mantel.de to rec.bicycles.tech on Fri Aug 14 16:50:49 2026
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    Am 14.08.2026 um 16:38 schrieb AMuzi:
    Safety? What?

    https://cyclingindustry.news/vw-to-launch-worlds-safest-ebike-with-rear- view-camera

    I've been using a simple 'Take-a-Look' shades-mounted read view mirror
    for that purpose since the mid-1990's ...
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  • From Roger Merriman@roger@sarlet.com to rec.bicycles.tech on Fri Aug 14 15:28:35 2026
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    Rolf Mantel <news@hartig-mantel.de> wrote:
    Am 14.08.2026 um 16:38 schrieb AMuzi:
    Safety? What?

    https://cyclingindustry.news/vw-to-launch-worlds-safest-ebike-with-rear-
    view-camera

    I've been using a simple 'Take-a-Look' shades-mounted read view mirror
    for that purpose since the mid-1990's ...


    Folks online and friends do like the radar lights that alert them, I have
    no use for such things as well it would be alerting all the time on the
    commute and largely redundant on my Gravel/MTB rides I guess might spot a
    deer?

    Roger Merriman

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