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The web-site lists as one of its features:
"Educates drivers about overtaking bicyclists safely"

Really? How does it do that? My BS detector is going crazy!

> http://www.speedvest.com/

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Wed Jun 3, 2009 2:59 pm

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The web-site lists as one of its features: "Educates drivers about overtaking bicyclists safely" Really? How does it do that? My BS detector is going crazy! ...	Michael Bohler bikingmikeb	Jun 3, 2009 2:59 pm
Michael Bohler wrote: The web-site lists as one of its features: "Educates drivers about overtaking bicyclists safely" Really? How does it do that? My BS...	Kimberly bikerat@...	Jun 4, 2009 12:29 am
... Actually, it may not "educate" per se but it MIGHT HELP under certain ... It's not commercially available. There ARE companies interested in marketing it...	John A. Ardelli tulii_kindala	Jun 4, 2009 12:47 am
... Granted, all adverts have a certain level of BS going on anyway (you are trying to put your best foot forward in the hopes of the customers putting forth...	John Meyer thefever_y2k	Jun 4, 2009 1:15 am
I think it is a justified claim. Drivers are often unaware of cyclists' speeds, this tells them and makes them think at exactly the moment that could change...	wheeliefine	Jun 5, 2009 3:53 am
... First off, that's not the way the company makes the claim. Second off, unless and until either cars are capped down in speed to 30 MPH or regular cyclists...	John Meyer thefever_y2k	Jun 5, 2009 4:10 am
Of course you are right that some drivers will always hate cyclists. But I think this vest could change a few minds, and that has to be good. The speed signs...	wheeliefine	Jun 5, 2009 7:34 am
Rather than display the bicycle operator's speed on the back, connect it to a radar gun device and display the closure speed of the overtaking or approaching...	fred_dot_u	Jun 5, 2009 10:08 am
I would think that by wearing a speed vest a motor vehicle driver would divert his attention from the roadway and the bicyclist to his speedometer, which is...	Michael Bohler bikingmikeb	Jun 8, 2009 7:12 pm

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