Thread: Road Safety idea with Samsung trucks in Argentina

Could, but won't. there's no way it'd get approval here for fear of litigation.

great idea, especially for country areas but our government has less interest in saving lives than it does collecting revenue.

Sure looks great doesn't it.

Illegal here can't have rearward facing light emitting other than red (stop & Tail ) and amber (indicators).

Personally it would scare the crap out of me seeing a vehicle on my side of the road coming through the back of a truck.

Camera only shows whats in front & oncoming NOT whats at the side imagine that with a B-double or road train (one place they would be fantastic). Nothing visually on the screen just clear road ahead pull out only to find your head on with a shorter semi, small truck, or motorbike.

Trouble is if people are not watching the road ahead now and sitting so close he truckie as the signs says "If you can't see my Mirrors, I can''t see you"!!!

with out this technology people are dozing off when nothing is in front I can see a lot of rear end deaths as they laps into "Oh the road ahead is clear and put the foot down"

But officer he had his indicator on! Well I think it was his indicator might have been the vehicle in front or one coming the other way.!

Imagine travelling any of our 3 lane highways with 3 trucks side by side with that glaring at you such as the M1 north of Sydney or heading to Melb where traffic oncoming often can't be seen at all.

One screen area broken and does the truck pull over till its repaired? Ok best turn it off.

The rear doors would make a Man Cave screen for watching such as Bathurst brilliant.

Put a decent movie on and I'd be (tempted ) to slow down and watch movie

I can just imagine what the reports in a few years say.
The number of head on collisions have been reduced however there has been a large increase in vehicles running into backs of trucks with large screens at the rear. Surviving drivers when asked said the road ahead was clear ahead, but then they ran into something solid.

It seems to me that wizbang gadgetry by vehicle manufacturers (marketing ploy) are becoming just to smart for our own good and the net result is duming down drivers and removing responsibility and ability of drivers. What happens when all the gadgetry fails or malfunctions? Sue the manufacturer but don't bother educating and training the person behind the wheel. You can't put brains in statues.

I will admit that some technology/gadgetry is worthwhile ie: ABS, hill assist to name just 2. What we need is a CSB and a PB in every vehicle (common sense button and patience button).

I'm with wheelinround, sounds like a good idea but once you actually think of all the details it loses its shine.

If the camera on the front is misaligned, who's responsibility is it to fix? Who faces the lawsuit when someone crashes because they relied on the screen? What happens at night? Night vision camera? At any rate, a massive screen like that at night would mess with your eyes ability to see anything in the dark.

How about this for a road safety idea: make sure people ACTUALLY know how to drive properly. A lot of the new sensors/cameras/gadgets are making people worse drivers. They don't need to know how big their car is or where other cars are or if they're veering out of their lane because some computer will beep or flash at them and remind them to stop playing with the touchscreen info-tainment system and actually drive the car.

What Wheelinround said, but to take this idea to the next step, what if trucks & buses etc mounted wi-fi cameras on top of their cabins that the following vehicles could pick up on their own monitors. Takes the responsibility off the truckies. Places the responsibility on the following cars. If you don't want to do it, just don't buy the technology and do it old school. Times are a changing and the robot era is upon us

TT

Originally Posted by Twisted Tenon

What Wheelinround said, but to take this idea to the next step, what if trucks & buses etc mounted wi-fi cameras on top of their cabins that the following vehicles could pick up on their own monitors. Takes the responsibility off the truckies. Places the responsibility on the following cars. If you don't want to do it, just don't buy the technology and do it old school. Times are a changing and the robot era is upon us

TT

WiFi hackers would have a field day. News item of recent days where a whole car was taken over/hacked driven and not a sole in it.

Then again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o43nqvq4BOA

Originally Posted by wheelinround

WiFi hackers would have a field day. News item of recent days where a whole car was taken over/hacked driven and not a sole in it.

Then again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o43nqvq4BOA

Hacking is only a problem when the manufacturers are stupid about how they go about their system (which most of them are). As long as mission-critical systems are kept totally separate (ie separate computer, not accessible wirelessly AT ALL) from info-tainment, the worst a hacker could do is fiddle with your radio and navigation.

Yeah but Ray I'm sure the Wright bros heard "it'll never fly Orville" before they got it right. And your YouTube link shows us the future is already here. The dark side approaches....


TT

I can see it now, video adverts on the back of trucks.

Originally Posted by Twisted Tenon

Yeah but Ray I'm sure the Wright bros heard "it'll never fly Orville" before they got it right. And your YouTube link shows us the future is already here. The dark side approaches....


TT

Planes are now flown and operated by very highly skilled and trained pilots and in the event of system failures short of catastrophic can still fly/land the plane as opposed to 99% of the driving population that know how to operate a vehicle as opposed to being able to drive with skill and awareness.

Originally Posted by rwbuild

Planes are now flown and operated by very highly skilled and trained pilots and in the event of system failures short of catastrophic can still fly/land the plane as opposed to 99% of the driving population that know how to operate a vehicle as opposed to being able to drive with skill and awareness.

Are you in the 99% or the 1% Ray? Why is it everyone thinks the rest of Australia can't drive and they are the only ones who can.

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

Are you in the 99% or the 1% Ray? Why is it everyone thinks the rest of Australia can't drive and they are the only ones who can.

Spent a lot of years attending MVA's, not pleasant. Also spent a lot of my driving time getting out of the way of other drivers.
Yes, I have had accidents myself, fortunately minor, and they have been my fault as a result of inattention and have learnt from them.
My wife has a steel rod embedded in her skull which supports her neck that has the vertebra fused and she has limited movement now which affects normal daily life and can no longer drive as a result of someone in the other vehicle.
I have also instructed in driving techniques for people who already have a license and their lack of driving skill is terrible.