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Notice the bright yellow icon representing the bicycle. The risk is if some bicycles are not recognized (not showing icon), people who depend on the icons might be oblivious that there are bikes there.

Like when I write email and some parts in bold, people tend to read only the bold ones.

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My first reaction was that it'll make it much harder to make eye contact with bicyclists. Making eye contact makes it much easier to predict where the bicyclist is heading, so I'm not sure that specific label is a good idea.

Wait, how do you make eye contact with a cyclist on the road?

Well, if I'm in an intersection or something, and there's a bicyclist coming from the other direction, I usually... dunno... look at them? They usually look back. Somehow makes it much easier to read the other person and see where they are going.

I do the same when I'm riding a bike near an intersection and there's a car coming in the opposite direction.