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Fnord666
on Thursday January 02 2020, @04:15AM
from the What-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.
from the What-could-possibly-go-wrong dept.
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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Cameras to Replace Mirrors on Cars and Trucks
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(Score: 1) by noelhenson on Thursday January 02 2020, @09:52AM (1 child)
Creating a more complicated, technical solution to a problem already solved has rarely worked out, ever.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 02 2020, @05:59PM
And yet cars today are so much more reliable than they were 50 years ago. Not just that, but ABS and ESC have greatly reduced the risks associated with minor driving mistakes. Yes, they're more expensive to repair when they break, but they also break a lot less often and will frequently warn you when they're likely to break down or are in need of a tune up.
The problem here is that the problem wasn't solved. The status quo is that you check the mirrors and then have to do a head check, during which time the car is liable to pull in the direction you're looking while you're not looking where the car is going. This isn't safe, people learn how to minimize the risk, but it's an inherently unsafe thing to be doing.
The cameras would allow for the check to be much faster, and not make the car want to veer out of it's lane as you'd be looking down, and just with your head/eyes.