Crashproof bike fails test: video

Posted: Tuesday 20 July 2010 by Alison

This incredible video is so bizarre that I don’t know what to make of it…. Hoping the guy is okay, though, it almost seems like a spoof because really - could anything go this wrong when filming? The idea is that TFKL engineering has developed a crashproof bike that sends information from an on-board computer to the rider’s helmet, thus avoiding hazards and obstacles on the road, specifically cars that might run into you.

You can see what’s going to happen when they introduce the demonstration that they are going to undertake with a car driving down the road and not looking where it’s going. I can’t find TFKL engineering on the internet so have no information about its prototype or whether the company exists. Check out what happens in the video and whatever the case, it proves that crashproof computer technology just doesn’t work. Thanks to Craig for sending it through.

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shamowfski
20 Jul 2010 - 13:02 - #1

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I’m pretty sure this is fake. It doesn’t look like the network or the “reporter” exist either.
handtius
20 Jul 2010 - 14:53 - #2

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it’s viral. rider gets fuzzy and camera man doesn’t follow it…why?
aarwar
21 Jul 2010 - 07:41 - #3

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if you hear more, let us know! I’d love to hear it’s a hoax and the rider wasn’t injured.
alisonblog
21 Jul 2010 - 14:41 - #4

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I get that it’s viral/hoax but what I really want to know is why? To show this kind of technology doesn’t work? Because they wanted to make us laugh? Because Germans are funny people? There’s nothing on YouTube to suggest the origin of the video and nothing in the comments much beyond ‘funny’, ‘hope he’s alright’ and ‘I laughed so much I nearly peed’ (seriously)