Luminescent whiskers: the latest innovation in bike safety

It's not given much credence on here but I think its got something. It may not be the final product either but smart ways to visually delineate the space a cyclist needs is a good idea. And biomimicry is a good way to go.

Many of us more experienced cyclists may well not feel the need, We're confident, we're able to keep a sufficient speed to hold a lane but for newbies, the slower, older or younger cyclist commuting in cities there might be something in this.

and I say that as a rather traditional old git.

Can I have something modelled on a trap-door spider please? That way, any car driver who comes to close gets eaten.

I like the "look to nature" approach to problem solving - perhaps Mark II whiskers can draw on the 600 volt shock capability of electric eels to remind drivers they've strayed across the line!

I AM IN!

TAKE MY MONIES!

This is brilliant. The video starts off with an otter.

What more does anybody require?

Only three letters can describe my thoughts on this:

WTF

I'll go against the hate and say, interesting concept.

But not the flaring bit, that's silly. Though it is a correct statement of how much room you should be given.

No, in swept mode, this looks like a fairly decent addition to the dark winter commuting armoury.

They need a small tungsten steel tip like an ice tyre stud.

Dipped in puffer fish toxin.

The article is written in a patronising style.

The video has too much detail on how they thought up the product, and doesn't actually show it, which makes you wonder whether this is real or an elaborate hoax.

That's surely the stupidest thing I have seen all day, what you need is machine guns.

I'd buy that for a dollar....wait, that's New
Detroit.

I'd buy that for a dollar....wait, that's New
Detroit.

I'd buy that for a dollar....wait, that's New
Detroit.

Good to see Californians working hard to maintain their reputation.

They're not whiskers. They're tentacles.

I'm going to wear them on my head at all times. I don't like prople coming near me. Any people. Ever.

I can't wait for them to get caught in someone's spokes.

Well that's going to be REALLY popular on the narrow segregated 2-way bike tracks like Torrington Place and shared use Sustrans paths in the UK, isn't it?

"why did you just whack my dog in the face?"
"oh, it's a safety thing"

Can't wait to put them on bike then whip the pedestrians on the pavement as I go past.

This might win, so long as there are no cyclists in the judging panel to point out the idiocy.

My fave biomimicry cycling thing is the Trotify clip clop coconut hooves hooked into the front wheel. http://www.trotify.com/

Not sure if having this extending beyond the width of the vehicle is legal. Anyone know?

Crazy, but cars may well think twice about getting too close just due to the sheer 'WTF is that?' factor!

Words. I can't find the words. Halp.

"‘exponentially increase visibility"

Proportional to what? Speed? Darkness? Surely they can only increase visibility by a definite, finite amount.

1st April?

Oh, just sod off!

Oh, just sod off!