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(if the cyclists opt in to being shown on Waze)
Please people, read the fucking article
Taking a step back from "the cloud" has really opened my eyes to the wild shit these money-hungry corpos pull on the daily.
Also, a reminder that Waze is owned by Google.
Cool from a safety standpoint. Terrifying from a safety standpoint and a privacy standpoint.
is waze even used by cyclists?
The idea is to highlight them on the road so they are harder to miss (I assume).
Edit:
Gadgets and Wearables notes that the early code suggests that Waze will be able to leverage Garmin’s LiveTrack location data to show nearby drivers where cyclists are, presumably to help drivers look out for cyclists along their route.
Because it is apparently way to hard to just look at the road you are driving on.
I've been in a car with people where I've had to point out to them pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycles, and other vehicles.
I've been merged into like I wasn't even there on multiple occasions (extremely terrifying on a bicycle).
People are bad at measuring distance while moving at speed. And their situational awareness very often leaves much to be desired. But this (while a novel approach) is a terrible idea.
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