"Bicyclist ahead" mobile app wins praise at TJROW

[Arlingtonrider]

Blackburied.

[Terpfan]

Seems like a smart idea to me.

Of course, I have noticed more folks texting while riding too recently. Literally watch a guy try to text while riding across the 14th St Bridge.

[PotomacCyclist]

Blackburied.

Interesting, except no one uses Blackberries these days. (At least none of the cool kids do.) BB is the Alta Vista or MySpace of the mobile phone world.

[Arlingtonrider]

Good point. Smartphoned just didn't have the same ring to it.

[eminva]

Interesting, except no one uses Blackberries these days. (At least none of the cool kids do.) BB is the Alta Vista or MySpace of the mobile phone world.

Well, that may be true for the cool kids, but those of us handed devices by our old school employers still carry Blackberries. Which probably accounts for a lot of the Very Important Person Distracted Driving going on in the downtown DC area, at least.

Liz

[brendan]

Good point. Smartphoned just didn't have the same ring to it.

Smartpwned...

[Arlingtonrider]

Smarshed. E.g., "New mobile app prevents cyclist from being smarshed into the pavement."

[Greenbelt]

I don't know if it's funny or sad, but the editor of Greenbelt Patch thought this was serious (see comment):
http://greenbelt.patch.com/blog_post...pp-wins-praise

GGW also had a nice treatment: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/...d-bike-safety/

[JeffC]

At first glance I thought it might be serious. Once I saw and heard the dead pan acting in the video I knew what the idea was. It is sad that at first glance it might even be conceived of as serious. I'm going to post on my Facebook page and see how many people think it is real.