Cycling Safety: PassPixi – It works!
TL;DR – It’s a sticker that warns drivers they’re being filmed when they overtake. It sticks to your pocket with a magnet.
The Garmin Varia RTL515 smart radar light is another great way to alert vehicle owners to your presence, but it doesn’t prevent all close passes.
This is ideal for any cyclist who wants to avoid dying. It’s money well spent, around £/$10. I’m definitely worth more than that.
There are other versions available that can be attached to panniers and saddlebags.
Downsides:
- The two magnets are very strong, and you have to slide them apart instead of pulling them. At some point, I might accidentally pull them, causing one to detach from the sticker.
- Do not put electronics next to the strong magnets
- Although the magnets are strong, I sometimes struggle to clip them in place through thicker material. It’s more about me not doing it properly than the magnets not being strong enough. Either way, this is why I might lose it eventually.
- The sticker is made of relatively rigid plastic, so I doubt I’ll accidentally toss it in the laundry.
- My POC top, as shown in the picture above is on the short side. PassPixi probably works better with a slightly longer jacket/top.
More: passpixi.com
I’m not affiliated with the company, and I don’t benefit if you get one. My ulterior motive is simply not wanting you to die so as to keep up the site’s readership!
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Strong enough to hole punch and use safety pins to attach?
yes.
it’s thinner than a credit card’s material tho
I assume you wash your clothes tho? so the magnet makes it super easy to get off. i would get bored with pins
You should get some of these personalised with your massive backside…
https://eventclip.net/personalised/
I was more thinking about attaching to a bag or just a t-shirt without pockets.
Assuming it gets warm again next year!
i could get several for each cheek 😉
they have different versions including one that attaches to panniers…i didn’t look into that at all.
Views on wearing it if you don’t have a camera (I don’t yet)? Is there a risk that drivers start disbelieving the signs?
yes
but that will be a long time away.
(I’d thought the same!)
I can’t be the only one that clicked on this because I saw “poo”?
🙂 🙂 🙂
I see it !
Honestly that was the first time I realised.
All these times that I try to be funny and my best moment was wholly accidental
Lots of people have clicked to passpixi’s site so hopefully there is some meat here beyond the funny picture.
I have such a sign and also cameras front and rear. The sign makes a massive difference to the behaviour of car drivers. The cameras have resulted in the prosecution of 5 car drivers that made dangerous closes passes.
the PassPixi site makes the point that drivers cant see a rear-facing camera but absolutely can see the sign.
another point: my understanding is that ofr video camera evidence to be admissable in court (criminal level?) then you might need a sign like this to warn people you are recording (lord know why, but I believe that was the case i nthe UK at least last year and so I assume still the case)
I have had one for four months and it does make a slight difference in driver’s attitudes. I seem to think that colour has faded anyone else thought this……