I know most of you, including myself, don't understand the fab of curved TVs. But what if these TVs curved around the trailer for a better all around view?
See if i have this right: lets add four large screens on the back of an 80k lb vehicle running 70mph so we can distract those behind it. Hmmm,,,,,
Is there a discrete power off command for that? :) How do i change the channel?
I wonder if those panel have Samsung AllShare Cast built in... I can see it now, drivers distracted as they're AllShare casting their phone screen to the panels on the back of the Semi's!
I think its brilliant. Blind spot removal. Did you ever get stuck behind a truck and get pissed because you think he is being a dick, you go around and find another car in front of him being a dick? Now you would know what's going on up there. There was a video where they tried to make a truck invisible by putting screens on one side the cameras on the other shooting to the side. pretty cool.
You notice that all footage of right behind the truck were during dusk/night. Could only imagine what that would look like if the sun is reflecting off the back of the trailer either blinding the drivers behind or washing out the screen so bad that they can't make out the image.
I don't think it would be any more distracting than having a bunch of advertising and how's my driving decals pasted all over the back of trucks now.
At the same point there is no reason why anyone should be that close to the back of a truck to begin with. Coming from a family who has relatives as drivers they say the worst scenario is them not being able to see the vehicles behind them. If you are behind the trailer and can't see the trucks mirrors then the driver can't see you. The other thing that they say is that passing a transport on the right is the worst decision any driver could make. The trucks mirrors are setup so that when a driver looks out his side of the mirror he is able to see most of the blind spot with a trailer attached, however when looking out the passenger side mirror it is setup and intended more for them to back into loading docks and thus isn't arranged in a way that allows the driver to easily see the blind spot on that side of a truck.
I think it's cool. It helps protect the semi driver from cars running into him on both the side and cutting him off when car overtaking semi tries to cut back into the travel lane.
You can't fix stupid so why not give them tools to minimize the risks.
I would wager that most of you are spoiled by US/Canadian highway system with multiple lanes. Imagine driving 15, 20, 30 minutes behind slower moving semi due to single lane roads as well as uneven terrain (loaded semi can't pick up speed). In Europe and other continents it's a way of life. Portugal lead the number of deaths from head on collision for a while back in the 2000s. I've driven many kilometers on those roads and understand exactly where these drivers are coming from.
Brendon, when you go to Germany, go off autobahn and you'll see what I mean.
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