A patent filing shows Honda is working on a blind spot warning system for motorcycles, letting riders know when a vehicle is in an area the rider can’t see.
Of course, this sort of technology is nothing new in the automotive world. Carmakers have been developing these systems for years in an attempt to cut down collision numbers. The motorcycle world has been a bit slower to adopt the technology; some manufacturers have been developing vehicle-to-vehicle interface systems that would let all the cars, trucks, bikes, and other vehicles on the road talk to each other, but those systems don’t necessarily pick up vehicles not equipped with the systems.
The Honda system (spotted by the guys at Motorcycle.com) would not be dependent on other vehicles to warn the rider of blind spot dangers. Instead, it uses a combination of cameras and radar sensors to detect potential trouble. A visual warning light would be integrated into the dash or handlebars to notify the rider, and Honda also has plans for a haptic feedback system that sends vibrations through turn signal switches, handlebars or other contact points to warn the rider.
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Stop with the abs and stop with these blind spot sensors just learn how to ride properly and you don’t need these things.
April fools?
Cuz turning your head left and right is too hard. Sigh.
What the fuck, your on a bike, drive like every other thing out there is trying very hard to kill you. Small example: ever get a wasp in your helmet?
Will It is also our fellow bikers the ride like idiots cuttin in and out of traffic also lane splitting
Can’t fix stupid lol
Lol this is true
Funny, I thought blind spots were created by views being blocked by a car’s A, B or C pillars. Seems like a lot of tech to relieve a rider of the need to turn their head. That light would be constantly on in Toronto rush our traffic. This, and Honda’s pushing DCT, makes me think Honda is trying to turn the riding experience into more like driving a car. Not for me, thanks.
But a sensor for vehicle to vehicle communications that let’s a car know a bike is there would be a good thing.
Oh wait, was this an April Fools joke that no one got because we all think Honda might actually think we need this?
Technology can fail … Everyone that drives needs to learn how to ride … To get there drivers licence then that ;might wake up
” people”.
That is true. Half the people out there couldn’t ride the bikes or driver he high powered cars if technology didn’t intervene. It doesn’t make up for lack of skill.
It is not the bikes that need it, it is the cars that “don’t see” the bikes.