Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Pairing request might be the wrong implementation but he has the germ of an idea. You need an app that says hey heads up, from a cell data signal. The app would also have to do something for the driver of course - maybe real-time traffic monitoring from cars up ahead, or patrol-car alerts as in the old CB radio days. Use your imagination.
You know, I was thinking about something like this just the other day, broadcasting via an app like Waze, which uses already crowd-sourcing to inform drivers about real-time traffic, cops, hazards, etc based on the usuer's GPS location. If an app--let's just use Waze as an example because it already has a lot of sharing and realtime reporting functionality built in--were to broadcast a cyclist's presence (based on GPS and communicating via cell), it could be really helpful in alerting drivers to a cyclist's presence the way it does with hazards. I'm picturing something a "Waze: cyclists beacon" app. It could trigger a voice alert on a phone from a distance, just like Waze already does with real-time alerts. Something like "Caution! Cyclists on road!"
Hmm.