Is this intended to be part of the "vehicle to vehicle" communications network so vehicles can share info about how fast they are going, when they are braking, etc., so nearby vehicles can be pro-active in responding instead of waiting until the vehicles almost hit each other?

There might be value in that sort of thing. It's a lot of infrastructure to hang on a tiny vehicle like a bike, though. Was that system designed with bikes in mind? Would it understand that bikes are very small and may not be moving in the same traffic lanes as cars?

What about making the bike more visible to the collision avoidance radars that are so common on cars nowadays? Maybe some retro-reflectors to create a larger reflection from the bike? Seems like the size could be tuned for the radar frequency and might not be more complicated than a bit of foil that could be stuck onto a carbon bike's tubes?

Otherwise... I tend to value the simplicity of bikes and hate to see people adding cost and complexity to it just as a way to differentiate this year's model.

Steve in Peoria