Skip to main content

Cycle signal is taxi drivers’ brainchild

London taxi cab driver has come up with the idea of a flashing wristband as a way to improve the safety of cycling commuters. The wristband, called the Indic8or, has been developed by Modern Safety Solutions and provides a high visibility and driver-familiar indication device that closely resembles directional indicators on motor vehicles. The Indic8or patented design is a wrist-mounted device, utilising four ultra-bright LEDs, which automatically start flashing when the wearer raises their arm, ensuring
October 20, 2014 Read time: 1 min
London taxi cab driver has come up with the idea of a flashing wristband as a way to improve the safety of cycling commuters. The wristband, called the Indic8or, has been developed by Modern Safety Solutions and provides a high visibility and driver-familiar indication device that closely resembles directional indicators on motor vehicles.

The Indic8or patented design is a wrist-mounted device, utilising four ultra-bright LEDs, which automatically start flashing when the wearer raises their arm, ensuring that the cyclist’s hand signals can be clearly seen by drivers. As soon as the wearer’s arm returns to the handlebars the flashing automatically stops.

Related Content

  • Autoflight demos air taxi in China 
    February 28, 2022
    The vertical flight for the Prosperity I required eight rotors to lift the 3,307 pounds
  • Open data gives new lease of life to public travel information screens
    March 4, 2014
    David Crawford finds resurgent interest in travel information screens for buildings. With city governments worldwide increasingly opening up and sharing their public transport data for general use, attention is focusing on the potential financial benefits – to transit operators and businesses more widely. Professor Stephen Goldsmith, who directs the US’ Harvard University’s Data-Smart City Solutions Project says: “Amid nationwide public-sector budget cuts, open data is providing a road map for improving tra
  • Michigan fosters real-world testing of workzone ITS
    September 19, 2017
    Turning a ‘problem’ into ‘an opportunity’ is the mantra of just about every business book and Michigan Department of Transportation (MDoT) looks set to achieve that aim in Oakland County, where 29km (18 miles) of the I-75 needs to be reconstructed. Running north-northwest from Detroit, the I-75 carries around 170,000 vehicles per day but, being built in the 1970s, it now requires an additional lane in each direction and upgrading to the latest design and safety standards. Upgrading will be carried out in
  • The future of ITS post recession
    January 25, 2012
    ACS, A Xerox Company's Cees de Wijs talks about post-recession recovery and what we might expect to see in the coming years