Waze and Garmin appear to be teaming up on a new integration that could allow cyclists to show up within...
    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOPEnglish
      21·
      13 hours ago

      It’s Lemmy. People see Google or AI and hate on everything related by default. IMO, this is, at least conceptually, a good feature. With the increase in bike riders, bother casual and fitness related, this has the ability to increase safety. I’m surprised Garmin beat Google to the punch on this one. Hopefully it becomes ubiquitous with fitness wearables, so in areas where there aren’t clear bike lanes, riders don’t have to be concerned about drivers.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    14 hours ago

    Cool from a safety standpoint. Terrifying from a safety standpoint and a privacy standpoint.

  • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    15 hours ago

    Taking a step back from “the cloud” has really opened my eyes to the wild shit these money-hungry corpos pull on the daily.

    Also, a reminder that Waze is owned by Google.

    • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      14 hours ago

      The idea is to highlight them on the road so they are harder to miss (I assume).

      Edit:

      Gadgets and Wearables notes that the early code suggests that Waze will be able to leverage Garmin’s LiveTrack location data to show nearby drivers where cyclists are, presumably to help drivers look out for cyclists along their route.

        • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          14 hours ago

          I’ve been in a car with people where I’ve had to point out to them pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycles, and other vehicles.

          I’ve been merged into like I wasn’t even there on multiple occasions (extremely terrifying on a bicycle).

          People are bad at measuring distance while moving at speed. And their situational awareness very often leaves much to be desired. But this (while a novel approach) is a terrible idea.

          • FridaVermercury@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            4·
            14 hours ago

            Yeah I mean the solution to that is that these kinds of people probably shouldn’t be allowed to drive a multi-ton killing machine. But I know how realistic that solution is.