You know the scenario. Cycling down the road, minding your own business, when suddenly 'WHAM' – someone opens a car door in your path and you go flying. At best it's painful and a little embarrassing, at worst it could lead to a fate you don't really want to think about. But one company in Melbourne, Australia reckons it's come up with a solution.
The company, Dooring Alert Systems – named for the common term used to describe the above scenario – has developed a patent-pending warning system that alerts car drivers and passengers as well as passing cyclists and pedestrians to the imminent opening of a vehicle door. It believes its product will "save lives, [and reduce] injuries and the post trauma reactions to all involved, directly and indirectly."
So how does it work? There are two products planned, based around a similar system, triggered by the unbuckling of a seatbelt. This starts a 'lighting sequence' in the lights placed around the rear window and side mirrors.
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The first product would be a version of the above system that can be retro-fitted to vehicles.
Dooring Alert Systems (or DAS) has also developed a second, integrated system that does all the above, plus lights up the interior of the car as a reminder to its occupants to check for cyclists, and includes cameras to monitor oncoming traffic.
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