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In 2011,677 US bicyclists died and 48,000 were injured in collisions with motor vehicles.
As an active cyclist who regularly rides in New York City,I’m always looking for ways to make riding safer.So I was curious to learn about Zackees,a company that on Monday launched a campaign to raise money to massproduce its first product:Turn Signal Gloves.
The gloves are exactly what they sound like:cycling gloves (the company is also marketing them to runners,rollerbladers and skateboarders) decorated with bright LED arrows to let those around you know that you’re there and turning.
Zackees Turn Signal Gloves,which have a processor sewn into the top of each glove,are incredibly simple to use.All it takes to light up the gloves is touching the small metal plates on the thumb and index finger together.The gloves are equipped with sensors that detect the light around you,and the brightness of the LED lights are adjusted accordingly.
They’re designed to signal to those in front of you without taking your hands off the handlebars.But you do have to remove one hand from the bars to signal to those behind you.
The concept is not entirely new.There’s at least one other company that makes a similar product.A Japanese company makes LEDs that you can fasten to your own gloves,but it does not appear they are currently for sale in the U.S.A notice on the website seeks distributors,and an email to the company was not immediately returned.A DIY kit to make lightup “BikingGloves” is available on Etsy for
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