On Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:43:57 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

I'll take my bad attitude and antiauthoritarian streak
wherever my bike wants to go, sans tracking device. We're
USAians - defiance is among our dearest cultural values.

To the phrase, "Everyone ought to...", my reply is a raised
middle finger.

I'll take that to mean that you don't like the idea of converting your
bicycle into a computerized autonomous vehicle. I recommend a slogan
such as "Death before I change anything" for those occasions when you
confront progress. I assume you realize that by refusing to have a
remote controlled autopilot installed on your bicycle, you are
sentencing 30,000 people per year to needless and senseless deaths in
automobile accidents? You are also obstructing the technical progress
by which literally all the auto manufacturers are furiously
developing, presumably because they smell profit. Since a casual poll
of my friends and associates have indicated that they would gladly
purchase a driverless car for their wives and teenagers, but would
never buy one for themselves, it's amazing that all these auto
manufacturers would consider the R&D expenditure worthwhile. Maybe
they know something that we don't, such as if it can be made to work,
the government will buy into the program and shove it down our
throats?

Even if you refuse to embrace technical progress in cycling, what
about your customers? Surely you will have requests for totally safe
bicycles suitable for cyclists that are a hazard to themselves and
others. What will you say to bicycle commuters, who only want to
arrive on time and in one piece? What about the lost sales of wiring,
power, sensors, computers, radios, and bolt on accessories that will
soon be necessary on the bicycle of the future? What will you say to
a paraplegic who wants to experience an improvement in mobility? Can
you really look the other way to the local drug dealer who needs a
better get-away vehicle? Are you planning to ignore the potential
market of adding mobility to the IoT (Internet of Things) which with
the addition of some navigation hardware can act as a delivery vehicle
on behalf of the owner? Can you really ignore these and many other
benefits that only require that you relinquish a few fundamental
freedoms, personal preferences, and cycling habits?


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