Alerting riders of electric bicycles to potential hazards

A method performed by a rider safety system stored in memory of a controller of an electric bicycle, the method comprising:

• receiving data captured by one or more sensors of the electric bicycle and from an environment through which the electric bicycle is traveling;
• detecting an occurrence of a potential hazard to the electric bicycle or to a rider of the electric bicycle;
• selecting a safety action based on the occurrence of the potential hazard;
• causing the electric bicycle to perform the selected safety action in response to the detected potential hazard;
• monitoring, by the rider safety system, operations of the electric bicycle after performing the selected safety action;
• determining that the electric bicycle has not performed a hazard mitigation operation in response to the performance of the selected safety action;
• and
• causing the electric bicycle to perform a different safety action in response to the determination that the electric bicycle has not performed a hazard mitigation operation.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a rider safety system stored in memory of a controller of an electric bicycle, causes the rider safety system to perform a method, the method comprising:

• detecting an occurrence of a potential hazard to the electric bicycle or to a rider of the electric bicycle;
• selecting a safety action based on the occurrence of the potential hazard,
• wherein the selected safety action includes presenting haptic feedback to a rider of the electric bicycle;
• causing the electric bicycle to perform the selected safety action in response to the detected potential hazard;
• determining that the rider of the electric bicycle has not performed a turning operation or a braking operation in response to the selected safety action;
• causing the electric bicycle to perform a different safety action;
• determining that the rider of the electric bicycle has performed the turning operation or the braking operation in response to the different safety action;
• and
• causing the electric bicycle to stop performance of the selected safety action and the different safety action in response to the turning operation or the braking operation.