Blaze bicycle lane laser

Have you just given away the plot to Episode VIII? ;)

Gah! New page fail.

They are almost entirely paid for by tfl, the sponsorship covers 3% of costs.

Not exactly a light sabre is it?

Wow. Looks terrible.

I too saw one the other day near me and I found it incredibly distracting. Just looked like a green blob frantically flashing all over the place.

What is the most constructive method of telling tfl they're a fucking shambles which distract other road users?

Awful things.

A petition?

I very nearly had to stop riding and walk for a short while just last week because I was so distracted by one of these. I kept looking over my shoulders thinking a bike was getting close by, then it was actually nowhere near me, the guy was just wobbling all over the place. it gives a very false, in my opinion anyway, sense of distance and as said, very distacting. And that green ugly thing flashing in front of me was just annoying.

Use brighter lights that'll ensure these green smudges don't show up.

you mean in front of me? I already use a very bright cateye front light...

This shit is a nice try.

But that's all. It's shit. It doesn't work. It's shit. It annoys me. It's shit. It can confuse pedestrians, cars and other road users.

I see this incredibly annoying things on the London hire bikes. So unbelievably stupid. Yet I read that now all the hire bikes will be fitted with them.

Surely they're illegal? I thought bikes could only be fitted with clear white lights at the front? I guess not.

Santander are answering this on their Twitter feed, drivers keep saying "The lasers will melt my face off like that Harrison Ford film!" And Santander politely explain the green lights are angled down and are in addition to the normal lights.

I have to say, the people who came up with them are certainly very canny business people, managing to convince LCC and TFL to endorse and mass purchase their shitty, useless and frankly dangerous shit lazer bollocks.

I saw the first one in the wild last night, when riding steady on a smooth surface it painted a small green bike, about 5 metres up the road, on the ground. Almost exactly where a driver isn't looking.

When riding on a rough surface it dissolved into a faint green blur.

Almost entirely useless in my opinion.

I am seeing more and more... if these green shite take over London roads, I might re-join the great British unwashed on the fineest public transport London has to offer.

These are so annoying. I was cycling in front of a Boriser the other night and the stupid green cycle fairy was flitting all over the place in front of me. Very distracting and I can't imagine they have any impact for drivers.

+1

Is there anything one can do to try to stop this from happening?

Go around boris bike stands with a roll of electrical tape

I had this exact thought after encountering a group of boris blazers on Tuesday evening. They're awful.

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Is that an optional thing? As in they dont have to turn it on? Or is it light's on green shite's on?

Even the LCC are promoting these things in their newsletter along with dubious (and slightly nonsensical) claims of the benefits. Must be a healthy kickback for anyone purchasing via the link.