Pedestrian and cyclist detection

[Dave B]

Hi Folks,

Just saw this article in the New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8574

It seems that a system has been developed for cars that can detect a
pedestrian walking out or a cyclist in the road.

I'd have thought driving with due care and attention would be a better idea!

Cheers

Dave

 

[PhilD]

Dave B wrote:
> I'd have thought driving with due care and attention would be a better idea!

Agreed. For ALL road users, regardless of mode.

PhilD

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[POHB]

Perhaps they could make a smaller version for pedestrians that detects when
they are about to walk into the road into the path of a cyclist and glues
their feet to the kerb.

"Dave B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks,
>
> Just saw this article in the New Scientist
> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8574
>
> It seems that a system has been developed for cars that can detect a
> pedestrian walking out or a cyclist in the road.
>
> I'd have thought driving with due care and attention would be a better
> idea!
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave

 

[Dave B]

POHB wrote:
> Perhaps they could make a smaller version for pedestrians that detects when
> they are about to walk into the road into the path of a cyclist and glues
> their feet to the kerb.
>
Metal curbs and magnetic shoes......yes I think it could work!!

 

[POHB]

Like those gadgets that stop shopping trolley wheels when you try to take
them out of the car park.

"Dave B" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> POHB wrote:
>> Perhaps they could make a smaller version for pedestrians that detects
>> when they are about to walk into the road into the path of a cyclist and
>> glues their feet to the kerb.
>>
> Metal curbs and magnetic shoes......yes I think it could work!!

 

[Mark McNeill]

Response to Dave B:


"The pedestrian-recognition technology uses three different types of
sensor to identify a person, or even a cyclist, in the road ahead."

I know that cyclists are often seen as lesser breeds without the law,
but I'm surprised at the New Scientist for placing us below persons!


--
Mark, UK

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open
sewer and die."

 

[Dave Larrington]

In article <[email protected]>, Mark McNeill
([email protected]) wrote:
> Response to Dave B:
>
>
> "The pedestrian-recognition technology uses three different types of
> sensor to identify a person, or even a cyclist, in the road ahead."
>
> I know that cyclists are often seen as lesser breeds without the law,
> but I'm surprised at the New Scientist for placing us below persons!

Somewhere between "chat show host" and "estate agent", I think.

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within expected parameters.

 

[Chris Johns]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Dave Larrington wrote:

> > I know that cyclists are often seen as lesser breeds without the law,
> > but I'm surprised at the New Scientist for placing us below persons!
>
> Somewhere between "chat show host" and "estate agent", I think.

But still above computer programmer (which is just below traffic warden).

Cheers

Chris
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Chris Johns

 

[wafflycat]

"Chris Johns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Dave Larrington wrote:
>
>> > I know that cyclists are often seen as lesser breeds without the law,
>> > but I'm surprised at the New Scientist for placing us below persons!
>>
>> Somewhere between "chat show host" and "estate agent", I think.
>
> But still above computer programmer (which is just below traffic warden).
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris

Below, however, 'employee of Inland Revenue'

Cheers, helen s

 

[Mike Causer]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:21:00 +0000, Dave B wrote:


> Just saw this article in the New Scientist
> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8574
>
> It seems that a system has been developed for cars that can detect a
> pedestrian walking out or a cyclist in the road.

There's a report and several movies of another (?) effort along the same
lines here: <http://www.manualforstreets.org.uk./> (Leave that last dot
in.) Cyclists are considered low priority here too.



Mike

 

[POHB]

All employees work for the inland revenue

"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Chris Johns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Dave Larrington wrote:
>>
>>> > I know that cyclists are often seen as lesser breeds without the law,
>>> > but I'm surprised at the New Scientist for placing us below persons!
>>>
>>> Somewhere between "chat show host" and "estate agent", I think.
>>
>> But still above computer programmer (which is just below traffic warden).
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Chris
>
> Below, however, 'employee of Inland Revenue'
>
> Cheers, helen s
>

 

[Dave Larrington]

In article <[email protected]>, Chris
Johns ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Dave Larrington wrote:
>
> > > I know that cyclists are often seen as lesser breeds without the law,
> > > but I'm surprised at the New Scientist for placing us below persons!
> >
> > Somewhere between "chat show host" and "estate agent", I think.
>
> But still above computer programmer (which is just below traffic warden).

In a previous Nut Mine, the chap in charge of the security of the
Babbage-Engines was so earnest that the story had it that he had been
abandoned at birth and subsequently adopted by a family of traffic
wardens.

Where does "Development Engineer (IT) Who Is Also A Cyclist" fit in?

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[Dave Larrington]

In article <[email protected]>, POHB
([email protected]) wrote:

> All employees work for the inland revenue

Except Bloody Cyclists. Bloody Cyclists, after all, don't pay for the
roads (cont. uk.tosspot)

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