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Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by pfortuny on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:23AM (#21212466)
I say it is time for a forward sideways-looking camera for exiting corners or sharp crossings. I do not know if this exists but I have missed it a number of times.
Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by arethuza on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:39AM (#21212549)
That reminds me of a small project where the British Army gave a budget to some soldiers to add "accessories" to a main battle tank - one of the things they did was add sideways looking cameras at the end of the main gun so they could use it to see round corners.
Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by archi42 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @08:48AM (#21213797)
My 2013 Volvo can be fitted with exactly these as an original part by the dealer (it seems they were not available with the original order); the module is placed into the Volvo logo, and the driver sees a split image in the infotainment display.

But like the Audi A8 it's not exactly a cheap car; maybe it will be available in more cars in a few years (or once some patent expires?).

Edit: Here is a 52s video/ad for the feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkF9Txbeaxg

Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by xuki on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:40AM (#21212555)
Audi A8 has it: https://youtu.be/TchqhDUbP8w?t=342

It's gonna be a long time before mainstream car adopt this though.

Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by wumms on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:09AM (#21212707)
For my eye, Bose's suspension seemed smoother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KPYIaks1UY

And it had Turbo-Boost (same video with cue-in): https://youtu.be/3KPYIaks1UY?t=81

Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by kube-system on Thursday October 10, 2019 @04:42PM (#21218949)
> a long time

The Ford Edge has had the option since 2015. Looks like the Explorer got it the next year. The Subaru Ascent has it for 2019. I'm sure there are others that didn't come up in the first couple pages of my search results.

Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by pfortuny on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:48AM (#21212598)
Oh dear. That must be my next car.

Unfortunately, it just cannot be...

Glad it is at least being researched. Thanks for the (very precise) link!

Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by pintxo on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:48AM (#21212942)
Get a BMW, here's a video from 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfX1plunhAo
Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by tim_hutton on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:48AM (#21212940)
Or camera feeds on the road that the car can access, to allow the driver to see around corners ahead of them.
Re:Cameras Could Replace Car Mirrors? by Piskvorrr on Friday October 11, 2019 @09:08AM (#21223952)
So many problems in such a small package! Security and privacy aside (sic!), I'm not convinced this would help safety: people are notoriously bad at interpreting images from multiple points of view in realtime.