A guy I know is planning on attaching a Thermal Imaging camera to his bike!.. having the camera clipped on the front of his bike with the mini TV display between his speedo and double bubble!.. He’s said its only for use during the winter months and helps him to identify cars/people, etc when travelling in the blackness. Abit over the top???, or not a bad idea???.. To me it seems daft but also, quite fancy in a way! :ermm:
so instead of looking forward to see hazards ini front of him he’ll be looking down at the mini screen to look for the hazards that are in front of him…?
Sadly I think he’s serious!, when he spoke to me i gave him one of those long dragged out “Ohhhhh” response’s!.. He’s abit of a gadget nut to be fair… wont be too long till he attaches some wings and a propellor to his bike.
ha, I mentioned that… I myself barley look down to read what speed im doing half the time as I dont like my eyes of the road for a second. Plus I said he’d get pulled by the ole blues and twos every 5 mins with a camera attached to the bike.
Sounds like he’s having a laugh. Can’t imagine a TIC will give useful info that can’t be got just by looking, I mean, so there’s a lorry in front you, who cares how hot it is? In fact if he were staring at his screen he probably wouldn’t even see it, if it was an artic. Somewhat dangerous.
Useful to have though if he came across a smoky building with unconscious people inside who need rescuing. He’s not a firefighter by any chance?
If he must have a little tv on his bike he would be better off getting a MTT Y2K which has a rear-facing camera, and the added attraction that you can melt nearby car tyres with a blip of the throttle.
Night vision gear would be good if he was planning to ride without his headlight on, but the drawback is he would have to ask all other road users to switch theirs off as well or blindness will result.