Dutch launch ‘intelligent bicycle’ that warns of danger

INTELLIBIKE: Cyclists testing an intelligent bike with special safety technology in The Hague, Netherlands.

THE HAGUE: The Netherlands launched its first-ever “intelligent bicycle”, fitted with an array of electronic devices to help bring down the high accident rate among elderly cyclists in the bicycle-mad country. 

Developed for the government by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), the intelligent bicycle prototype runs on electricity, and sports a forward-looking radar mounted below the handlebars and a camera in the rear mudguard.