The 'app' for the bicycle that can fine cars is already being tested in Spain

It is being tested and all the autonomous communities of Spain

Despite the different administrative obstacles that have suffered since 2014, bike distance  It is already a reality and is being tested in all the autonomous communities of Spain

Bike Distance is the App that was born in order to measure the safety distance that exists between a cyclist and the vehicle that drives it.

It has been designed by the School of Computer Engineering of the University of Vigo in collaboration with the ADO Moure Pro Sport Foundation.

It is being tested in the autonomous communities

It is currently being tested in all the Spanish autonomous communities and in the near future it is expected that the device and the 'app' may have at least one cyclist in each province, before releasing it to the market.

It is installed on the SmartPhone and through a Bluetooth device installed on the bike It measures the distance, through sensors, the distance between the bicycle and the vehicle.

How do you know there is a violation?

The independent device has to be attached to the bicycle, and it will be mandatory to acquire it since with the App you will not be able to send measurement data.

The system measures the exact distance between a cyclist and the vehicle passing him and if this is done within 1,50 meters, the data is transmitted to the mobile and recorded in the application.

The second phase of the project, the installation of a camera that takes pictures of the license plates

The project already has a second phase where a video camera will be installed that will be connected to the GPS of the application itself, which will allow take a picture of the offender's license plate, in addition to establishing time, place and time at which the infraction occurs

“It has been tested favorably”

As the confidential, Carlos Moure, one of the main involved in the project, “aNow it's time to continue improving its integration for operation in a single device with the addition of a video camera to the system"

6.000 complaints have already been processed before the DGT

Carlos Moure also affirms that from the moment the tests began and until December, More than 6.000 complaints have been processed before the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).

Moure highlights that the “The sole and main objective is to help reduce the number of deaths and injuries in groups of cyclists and pedestrians“, since he affirms that if people stopped to consult the history, they would see “that this figure is unsustainable. But this, year after year, goes unnoticed”.

It may have legal validity if authorized by the DGT

For complete integration it will be necessary for the DGT to authorize its use to incorporate disciplinary proceedings and, with this, their incorporation into bicycles is facilitated, both the Foundation and the University of Vigo have already carried out tests with positive results in an official Metrology laboratory.

So that in the "When it is necessary and essential, it will have the official certificate, for which it will be equated, for all purposes, exactly like any tool used by law enforcement agencies in traffic control“, Moure points out.

"Nthey have put all the impediments to you to be able to start this initiative "

However, the president of the Foundation affirms that: “lDGT, with María Seguí and later with Gregorio Serrano at the helm, they have put all the obstacles to us to be able to start this initiative and, certainly, we can not find a possible explanation for this lack of support to make this possibility known.

Let's hope that now, when the new government is formed, the director of the DGT fulfills his obligation to ensure the lives of the most vulnerable on roads and public roads, which at this time are cyclists and pedestrians.

Moure assures that despite them and all the inconveniences that Traffic has put them, they have been moving forward and managing to overcome all obstacles with their own means and, now that they have the tool they requested, "It turns out that it is no longer essential or necessary” for the DGT.

There are no previous results.

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