Camera makes your trailer disappear
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Camera makes your trailer disappear
Nothing I'd be interested in, but saw this link elsewhere this morning and thought that some might be, with all the camera threads I see on this forum.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/07/...ler-disappear/
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/07/...ler-disappear/
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Interesting concept. Personally, I find the most difficult part of lane changing is knowing where the end of the camper is in relation to the vehicles behind me. I don't see that this camera does anything to address that issue.
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Exactly. Put a wide angle camera on the rear of your trailer and you can see the position of cars both behind and in the adjacent lanes. You see a car in our side mirror and the camera display will show its position relative to the rear of the trailer.
I have learned the length of my trailer with experience but that's not so exact and depends on the other driver being alert and willing to yield should I underestimate.
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Exactly. Put a wide angle camera on the rear of your trailer and you can see the position of cars both behind and in the adjacent lanes. You see a car in our side mirror and the camera display will show its position relative to the rear of the trailer.
I have learned the length of my trailer with experience but that's not so exact and depends on the other driver being alert and willing to yield should I underestimate.
I have learned the length of my trailer with experience but that's not so exact and depends on the other driver being alert and willing to yield should I underestimate.
Lane changes and backing can sometime be an adventure.
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Actually saw something like this being tested on semi's like 10 years ago.. the thought was to make the truck see-thru for the cars BEHIND the truck. Thereby giving them more reaction time to traffic stopping in front of the truck. It obviously wasn't making the truck entirely seethru, but more of a case of putting a tv screen on the back of the trailer. Never seen one in real life. Only in a magazine article somewhere. Concept was interesting.. but definitely not ready for prime-time.
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I saw that camera as well. Nothing I think I would be interested simply because when towing, I WANT to know that my trailer is behind me. I want to always be reminded that I need to be more aware of who's next to my trailer and when and what type of lane change or turn I need to make. An invisible trailer camera might be 1 step close to ignoring your senses and the visible fact that you may be hauling a 42' Ft 15,000lb+ trailer behind you.
That's just my .02 though.
That's just my .02 though.
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Here's a link to the semi version.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GNGfse9ZK8
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A local company just started with mobile digital billboards in my area recently. Kinda cool but a little distracting.
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