so what do you think to this

[edg]

A new GPS system from Honda to try and reduce accidents

Shown off at the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium event in Germany, it’s a neat system that gives bikers advance warning of other vehicles up ahead. Honda says it’s particularly helpful at intersections, as it can predict which cars are on a “collision course”.

https://www.electricpig.co.uk/2008/10/22/honda-unveils-crash-preventing-gps/

[Newbiker0507]

*Sounds* good, but we'll have to wait and see if it performs any good.

[D O G]

Or alternatively, you could just pay attention to what you are doing and what is going on around you.

[Thesupersport...]

I NEED A GPS TO DETECT FUCKING SPEED CAMERAS

[Moonie]

No, you need somebody to snap your license and then keyboard in half.
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[daemonoid]

[EddyJones]

Why would you need one super sports? You would be walking

[Thesupersport...]

[EddyJones]

Walk over 30mph often do you?

[aaronb74]

IMO it might tempt some riders to concentrate even less on their surroundings, expecting the device to do the work for them.

At the moment, I'm not convinced it will work particularly well.
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[steppen22]

[daemonoid]

[Kal]

Here is my concern

There are already many, many vehicles on the road, and as such they won't all have the system onboard

People being people are lazy and will stop using their eyes if they have a system to do it for them, which means they will miss more untagged vehicles.

Did I make sense?
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[aaronb74]

[ms51ves3]

Was everyone like this when airbags were first talked about. 'Because people know if they crash they can slam there face into a nice cushion of air, they will stop concentrating and crash more often'

[daemonoid]

[Thesupersport...]

[The999Kid]

Why can i envisage this becoming standard on a Goldwing sometime in the not so distant future....
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[Tarmacsurfer]

[Kickstart]

And with ABS brakes. And with seatbelts in cars. And with lorry speed limiters.

All the best

Keith
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