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[translation mine] You often find yourself on the road, stuck behind a Semi... it's a two-lane highway and the truck rolls gently between sequences of bends and almost zero visibilty in front of the truck, and trying a quick pass can rapidly turn into a real nightmare.
With its concept, Samsung wants to help us forget this problem and reduce the risks associated with passing trucks. The world's first manufacturer of LCD screens has placed a camera in front of the truck. The camera directly displays the image of the road ahead on the giant screen positioned on the rear doors of the trailer, quite visible to the drivers who are following the truck.
It's a good idea that would also be welcome on the backs of Winnebagos.
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Samsung Invents the 'Transparent' Truck
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(Score: 1) by blackhawk on Friday August 21 2015, @02:01PM
Do drivers really need any more things to distract them while hurtling in a thinly skinned vessel at 100km/h? I think the potential for read ender accidents would go up significantly with this technology. It's bad enough the increase in accident rates with people distracted by their phones, sat nav, the TV screens the other passengers are watching / listening to - the radio or their screaming family members. It seems there's a pretty decent chance people will zone out watching the screens on the trucks and lose sight of the fact they are driving a car themselves.