Originally Posted by
HerrKaLeun
Yep, very vertical canyons made of steel screw up radio signals. i agree for that situation a wheel rpm based sensor will be better.
BTW, I was in NYC in 1998 as pedestrian and subway user and what I recall from traffic it must be hazardous to drive a car, and more so riding a bike.
There are lots of fender benders, but congestion is high, therefore speeds are low, so it might not prove to be a place for lots of injuries and deaths. I'm not sure how it stacks up. We're trying to improve it, and we have a "Vision Zero" program going on, and I'm not sure if it's working. Cycling is overall safer than being in a car, counterintuitively.
But congestion has gotten a lot worse in recent years. It was always crazy, but it's super insane now.