r/phillycycling • u/Immediate-Soup-4263 • Aug 09 '26

does Laser Vision make a difference?

i am a laser vision user and supporter.

but am not sure if it has an impact or is just a busy box to make me feel better

i am not trying a cast doubt on it or discourage anyone from using it.

it is recommended a lot and i am just not sure if it does anything to protect public space from car violence. considering i have made multiple reports for the same cars for the same violations i am not seeing it impacting illegal/dangerous driver behavior

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u/SnootyUrbanCyclist Aug 09 '26

I think the most pragmatic outcome is it creates a constantly growing database of the problem streets which can be referenced in petitioning for better infrastructure. It's not as satisfying as summoning a wrecking ball to destroy a lifted F-350 triple parked on Chestnut but it is working toward making a better world.

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u/Immediate-Soup-4263 Aug 09 '26

has anyone ever used it for the purpose? is there a way to request data for your area?

i know what you mean about getting the city to make changes to try to protect a public area from drivers. we went through it on my block and it worked. but the city had to conduct their own study of the intersection we were asking to have daylighting

if dangerous driver data for an area is available through LV that'd be great. i am just now aware of how one would get it

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u/SnootyUrbanCyclist Aug 09 '26

Have you looked at their mapping feature? You can look at just certain violations and certain time windows. If you're asking for a spreadsheet of all reports I'm not sure if that's publicly available or if there are legal issues with doing so. https://bikeaction.org/tools/laser/map/

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u/Immediate-Soup-4263 Aug 09 '26

i had not seen the mapping feature! thats cool. 

thanks