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Cameras to Replace Mirrors on Cars and Trucks

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday January 02 2020, @04:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the What-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Mirrors have been an integral part of motor vehicles for over a century. The low tech solution has solved the major visibility issues involved with driving and now car makers think they can do one better using cameras instead of mirrors. This may be an improvement in large trucks where visibility using mirrors can be poor to the point that obstacles directly in front and behind the vehicle cannot be seen but for cars it may prove to be a theft opportunity.

Best not to mount a mirror, or indeed a camera, directly in the line of fire of a neighboring car door in the parking lot. Maybe someone should tell them about the practicalities of life?

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 02 2020, @06:08AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 02 2020, @06:08AM (#938513)

    How well do in-car displays work at and below -40? I don't imagine the liquid crystals in the displays do too well. My dash-cam starts having problems even booting up when the temperature is in sub-minus-30 territory. I find it hard to believe the car makers, with their growing insistence on using touchscreens for so much, have given much thought to markets too far removed from the equator.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday January 02 2020, @06:39AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday January 02 2020, @06:39AM (#938517) Homepage Journal

    The parts where it is warm have their own problems. Humidity in TN makes backup cameras useless until well after noon. Dust from dirt roads in OK (extremely common) soon makes them worthless until you get out and clean them, which nobody who has to drive on dirt roads regularly ever does.

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