Today's vehicles have bigger blind spots but not where you think
(newatlas.com)28 points by domofutu 19 hours ago
28 points by domofutu 19 hours ago
Yeah, my immediate thought was of those stupid giant pickup trucks whose hoods come up to my eye level.
Ah yes, the Ford Youngling Slayer 3000s.
It seems like everyone who drives one is also incapable of turning their steering wheel when they blunder out of a parking lot into a street, obstructing two lanes at 3mph.
I remember reading about someone that had created a workaround for this. She had exterior cameras and their images were projected onto the car's pillars, so that when you looked at a pillar you actually saw "through it", i.e. the exterior view it was hiding. I wish I could find the reference.
"A pillar projection" in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-toCFKdeutM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC6R1RKt1RY
Do you need that workaround when you have front cameras and sensors and automatic braking? The cars I’ve recently been in all warn you of objects in that near region, and also slam on the brakes pretty violently (like all the way) if you are continuing to move towards them.
I hear the new Canyonero has 360 view cameras as an option.
Turns out it’s exactly where anyone with a newer vehicle would think: directly in front of and near the vehicle.