We have already seen quite a few ways to improve the light on the bike. The kind where lights are built into bikes or helmets, minimalist lights, in the shape of a cyclist on a bike, and even lights that draw a blue grid on the road to help you avoid potholes. Backtracker is another innovation.
It's Franz Struwig Bactracker designed as a radar. The rear light on the bike alerts drivers to the rider's presence on the road by flashing faster as they approach the rider. A small screen on the rider's handlebar warns the rider by turning the signal red.
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Struwig, who hails from South Africa, promotes his invention on the site Dragon Innovation, specializing in various hardware. You can also decide to support the project here.
Bactracker is thus an additional aid or artificial intelligence for the cyclist. It detects the traffic behind the cyclist as early as 130 meters away. It is useful both in rush hours and when crossing the road with a bicycle, as this way we get rid of constantly looking over our shoulders to know if it is safe. This will be done for us by the Bactracker, a device on the back wheel that we will appreciate.
