Apeman promises "all in one cycling safety solution" with new Seeker action camera featuring 'rearview e-mirror'

I gopro7 front and back. Great...battery life, scumbag reaction shots (rear) as well as those amazing scenery shots.
I can only pray the new highway code amendments will be allowed to stay. Operation SNAP will be very busy.
Let's book em Danno (Kojak anyone?)!

Personally I think this product is the answer to my dreams - whenever my wife and I go out cycling together it ends in a row as she says "I ride off into the distance and drop her" - I have tried everything - mirrors, looking over my shoulder every 30s, but nothing works (she's there one miniute - the next she's 400m behind!) - we have been looking for a product like this and are so glad that it has eventually been created... its a bit pricey ATM but Im sure the price will come down somewhat.

I don't know who dreams this stuff up.  I use a bike camera front and back to report close passes to the Police. 

I certainly don't have the ability to keep my eye on a screen whilst riding my bike.  Using all the abilities of a cyclist to ride safely and be aware of traffic.  No driver is going to pay any attention to the bike lane display, beeps or anything else other than flashing lights, hi-viz and the cyclists presence on the road.

Not only that the devices here are massive chunky things, see the upstanding pipe to hold the camera at the front.

It seems to me that someone has sat on a stationary bike and looked at their smartphone.

I have two suggestions that I would like.  1. a distance sensor linked to close passes which records the distance on video to include with the submission to Police.  2. a speed sensor detecting a cars speed behind but also recorded on video.

Cyclists safety is wholly in the hands of the motorist.

I love tech. I'm a sucker for gadgets. I'm daft enough to invest in Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects. Repeatedly. I've bought more than one set of indicators. I run cameras front n rear. I have mirrors on my bike (HAD - somebody stole em!).
But even I'm not sold on this. It looks big n ugly. Why does it have a screen? Is it so the driver coming up behind you can see how he looks before running you off the road?

When you're prototyping electronics and need to waterproof it a bit, it's often convenient to chuck it in a lunchbox or if you've got the budget, a peli case.

That's what I see here.

If they're going to keep that strange form factor, how about covering the surface area in the speed camera symbol?

And now you've got it to "protect" you from motor vehicles the rear reflector can be angled to warn passing helicopters of your presence.

"all in one cycling safety solution"

No.  And anyway, who needs it when we've already got the solution?  helmets.

I notice on the Kickstarter page they claim a battery life of 300 minutes which has an asterisk linked to a footnote saying "Battery life can vary depending on usage". Can't help feeling that if you're running a recording camera, tail light, automatic brake light system, laser lane system and at the same time Bluetooth streaming the live pictures to your smartphone it will give you about enough juice to get to the supermarket and back.

Don't think anyone's going to be seen dead with a portable TV attached to their seat post (remind me to edit this in a year when it's sold a million). 

Interesting, but this just combines a few features already found elsewhere.  

E.g. The widely available (and thoroughly decent) Teentok / Techalogic rear light cameras already have the "mirror function" where you can watch the rear view on a smartphone.  I've not found it particularly more useful than a quick look over the shoulder, and it drains your phone battery and means the phone isn't available for other uses e.g. Komoot directions/live stats etc.

The "laser lanes" are already available as a standalone.  

TAT.