{"619168":{"#nid":"619168","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2019 InVenture Finalist: HANDLD ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDrivers in Georgia could be breaking the law and not even know it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia law requires a driver to leave a \u0026ldquo;safe distance\u0026rdquo; when passing a bicycle, defining it as not less than three feet.\u0026nbsp;And the Georgia Tech students behind HANDLD want to help enforce this law and keep bicyclists safer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHANDLD is a set of cameras and distance sensors that can be attached to a cyclist\u0026rsquo;s handlebars.\u0026nbsp;The backward-facing cameras and sensors are always running. HANDLD kicks into full gear if a vehicle comes within that three-foot zone.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If it gets triggered, the front-facing camera takes a series of pictures of the violator\u0026rsquo;s license plate,\u0026rdquo; explains HANDLD co-creator Erik Van Winkle. Through a smartphone app, users will be able to take video and photos as well as time-stamped and geotagged data, and report the violation to police.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe HANDLD team believes the data they collect could also be used to make more roads safer for cyclists.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;We can actually make a heat map of all the violations that happened on a street corner or a stoplight,\u0026rdquo; says avid cyclist and Georgia Tech engineering student Colin Santoro.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESantoro says that the HANDLD device could share data with city planners to determine where infrastructure could be updated to benefit bicyclists.\u0026nbsp;According to the League of American Cyclists, 42 of 50 states have adopted safe-passing laws.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUntil now, according to HANDLD, many cyclists have tried to develop their own methods to stay safe while sharing the road.\u0026nbsp;They spoke with one woman who attached foam pool noodles to her bicycle to maintain a three-foot buffer between herself and traffic.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We want cyclists to take their safety into their own hands,\u0026rdquo; Van Winkle says. And save the water flotation devices for the swimming pool.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHANDLD is a disruptive, first of its kind device that gives cyclists the power to identify, record and report violations of safe passing laws across the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"HANDLD is a disruptive, first of its kind device that gives cyclists the power to identify, record and report violations of safe passing laws across the nation."}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2019-03-12 23:09:33","changed_gmt":"2019-03-13 13:04:46","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"619169":{"id":"619169","type":"image","title":"2019 InVenture Finalist: HANDLD","body":null,"created":"1552432194","gmt_created":"2019-03-12 23:09:54","changed":"1552432194","gmt_changed":"2019-03-12 23:09:54","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235700","name":"handld.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/handld.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/handld.png","mime":"image\/png","size":441162,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/handld.png?itok=T548_JNE"}}},"media_ids":["619169"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:snorris@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Norris\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}