• VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Why? Bikes don’t have the same limited vision issues as cars do, and hence don’t really need rear-view cameras. You can just turn your head and look backwards.

    A radar alerting you of an incoming vehicle is more than sufficient here if you really want to add a technical solution

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      2 days ago

      Seeing behind can be tricky on a bike, it’s not safe to turn your head when moving fast and often you need to watch in front as well as see behind, eg to pass an obstacle. Some kind of rear view can be handy, although mirrors are also possible to use

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        2 days ago

        Seeing behind can be tricky on a bike, it’s not safe to turn your head when moving fast

        It’s fine to turn your head if you make sure you’re not going to hit something in front, and keep the backwards check short in time. I do it all the time at high speeds. Some practice is needed to make sure you don’t accidentally swerve when doing it.

        often you need to watch in front as well as see behind,

        Rapidly switching from looking forward to looking backward and back to looking forward adequately solves this problem

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          2 days ago

          If you can avoid “Rapidly switching”, that’s one less thing to worry about. A rear view is long overdue. Subtle eyeball movement is much more efficient than twisting your entire head.