Cycling survey

IMO, you're barking up the wrong tree, for several reasons.

1) There's a strong opinion among car drivers that roads are for cars, not cyclists. The problem isn't that the drivers don't know what the appropriate distance is, it's convincing them to provide it. A bully in a car will continue to be a bully as long as (s)he thinks (s)he is going to get away with it.

2) For the few who sideswipes cyclists by "honest mistakes" it won't help much. When the car gets close enough to pass, the lines will be hidden from the driver's view by the hood/bonnet. When you need it the most, it's not doing anything.

The only good thing I can see from this, as opposed to any regular rear light is:
- if the lane marking light make riders feel safer, then more people will ride. With more people riding, cyclists becomes a more accepted part of the traffic scene. And with greater acceptance comes less risk and less bullying.

yoeleo!

Thanks for your comment. We have not design this product for anti-bullying, but just to give people a feeling of safety and the "cool" light that shine on the ground. If you have any suggestion on how to improve our product, we will seriously consider your suggestion because we have not produce the product yet.

Here's the thing: you paint an outline like that next to the rear wheel, you're inviting a car to pass at that distance. Drivers react to visual clues, and that tells them, pass at this distance.

Welp...

You just might want to survey these folks: thexfire.combike lane safety lightOpen ↗ xFire might have beat you to the punch.

Or these folks: ebay.com220965456621Open ↗

A Babson frosh, you say? Maybe in your sophomore year you will come up with a laser LED ankle light that can double as a strobe for the raves. I hear Art History has a really hot employment future if that doesn't work out.

That laser thing is not new, it's been out for awhile, but the drawback to it is battery life, so in order to extend the battery life they had to dim the laser a lot which in the real world of riding barely makes the lines visible. If they made the laser image intense enough to be readily seen by motorists the battery would be good for maybe 15 minutes. In addition to that most people aren't looking at the pavement, if that were true cars would have done something similar years ago.

And I doubt those lines would make people go, gee better give him so room! Plus it doesn't extend out 3 feet from the bike which is now the law in most states.

Nice, you're own portable bicycle lane.

Two words - Target Fixation

"Oooh look, shiny laser light on the ground...." then bam. The already commercialized products like this outline an area much too close to the cyclist and encourage passing at an unsafe distance.

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Originally Posted by Babson Cyclist
Thanks for your comment. We have not design this product for anti-bullying, but just to give people a feeling of safety and the "cool" light that shine on the ground. If you have any suggestion on how to improve our product, we will seriously consider your suggestion because we have not produce the product yet.

Well, I'm not too keen on things that promote the "feel" of safety without actually providing any improvement. It's a bit like the joo-janta 200 peril-senstive sunglasses out of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:hitchhikers.wikia.comJoo Janta 200 Super Chromatic Peril Sensitive SunglassesOpen ↗

Entirely impossible, but more to the point would be a proximity sensor hoooked to a near-blinding light. Anyone who comes too close gets a dazzling beam shining in their direction. Or bump the laser until it'll cut tire sidewalls and scour paint on those who fail to give safe passage.
Or maybe a nice sign saying "I have a legal right to be here" with the appropriate section of the highway code quoted.