"The Bike Shield App [1] , free for iPhone and Android users, sounds an alarm to drivers also using the app when a cyclist is nearby.  The app works if both cyclist and driver have it running in the background, " reports Brendan Kevenides.
Kevenides reports that the app is simple and easy to use, but the only thing holding back its potential is its rate of adoption. "For it to be effective lots and lots of drivers and cyclists would have to download the app to their phones. Â A map on the application shows drivers and cyclists using the app worldwide. Â Thus far, U.S. users amount to a handful of people in California, and, now, one guy in Chicago."
Kevenides also notes the potential for the app to be installed on publicly owned vehicles and bikeshare bikes.
Jonathan Bloom first broke the news about the app [2] for ABC 7 News.
Links
- ^ Bike Shield App (thebikeshieldapp.com)
- ^ broke the news about the app (abc7news.com)
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