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BEIJING DESIGN WEEK 2012Like inventor and cycling enthusiast Michael Wallis, I certainly agree that I've come to regard pedestrians as a greater threat than automobiles. Despite my best efforts to share the road with pedestrians and motorists alike, every crosswalk in lower Manhattan demands a sort of micro-wiggle, and much of my 'weak side' auto-awareness stems from the fact that I never know when I'll have to take a bit of quick evasive action to dodge a jaywalker. As for heavily-touristed throughfares such as Broadway above 34th St or Central Park? Fuhggedaboudit.
Enter the Bike Butterfly:
Don't be fooled by the pictures that look like something out of a Ricky's catalog (do they even have catalogs?): Bike Butterfly wings come in at a solid 3.5m2 (over ten square feet)—i.e. a span of over a meter—for maximum visibility and increased stopping power, giving new meaning to 'dressed in drag.' Wallis explains, with a demo at the end:
The fact that the site and video have appreciably higher production value than that of the infamous Uberhood (not to mention the vestigial antennae) are easy clues as to whether the Bike Butterfly is just so popular that it's sold out or if it's a thinly-veiled campaign for a certain well-known British bicycle company.
via Geekhouse Bikes
Comments
I am not sure if you are aware of the San Francisco accident on Castro and Market which killed a pedestrian this week, but if so, the tone of your posting seems quite crass under the circumstances. A person died for heaven's sake. My disposition is not anti-cyclist. The love of my life rides. It's about respect for life -- cyclist and pedestrian.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/06/chris-bucchere-san-francisco_n_1408706.html
this is definitely one of this years best april fool's.
Five days late.
That video was awesome. I don't understand how it works and they're all sold out but that would be fun.
Hi Lori,
Thanks for your comment. I should hope that my lead-in does not suggest that I condone Chris Bucchere's behavior: I always yield to pedestrians, whether or not they have right-of-way. His reckless riding is inexcusable and it gives cyclists everywhere a bad name.
Bucchere clearly had no respect for pedestrians, but the point here is that pedestrians often have no respect for cyclists-- I've had someone intentionally jump in my way (to impress his friends) when I was riding in traffic; had I swerved too far to avoid him, I would have been hit by a car. So I agree with you: it's about respect for life.
-Ray