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Samsung makes big trucks transparent in the name of road safety

16 points by tokenadult 11y ago

aaron695 11y ago
Seems like a really stupid idea (If you take it as other than an ad for Samsung) Other than the funny games with making the monitors display the wrong thing. What if part of the monitor is broken or has mud on it. Tricks of the eye with on coming traffic, black car on a black road. Will you still stop in time if the truck stops suddenly and you're watching TV. Would you notice if the monitors go blank just as you overtake, or might your brain just register no traffic. I guess all these can all be overcome or checked for, but the stupid bit is why on earth would the person who won't benefit pay for this tech and take on the risk of being sued when things go bad. Plus you'll notice it was shot on dusk and night (and the night TV looked plain scary)
- nmridul 11y ago
  Its tough to follow a large truck on a 2 lane road. Overtaking them is very difficult and dangerous at times. Maybe after some time this becomes a mandatory feature, just like brake lights, reverse light etc.
estefan 11y ago
Genius! One of those simple ideas that makes you wonder why no one thought of it before.
- millstone 11y ago
  It doesn't seem very simple to me. Why not just a "Do Not Pass" sign with a flashing red light?
  - serf 11y ago
    because that moves the judgement call from the driver behind to either the driver of the truck, or some system that recognizes passing conditions on the truck itself. why not let the guy in the back make the judgement call?
  - gnurag 11y ago
    You haven't driven much on country roads with two lanes and no median, have you? Following a container truck going at 20kmph with "Do Not Pass" sign for 50 Kms, how many people would honor that?
- NKCSS 11y ago
  Someone did... back in 2009... it was Art Lebedev... as stated in the first line of the article... :P
  - estefan 11y ago
    Ha! I didn't read the article when there was an enticing video to watch :-)
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ajbetteridge 11y ago
Not what I'd call transparent, but still useful tech.
breakingcups 11y ago
I think it's a bad idea to start putting lcd screens on moving vehicles. It can be distracting, expecially in split-second decisions that sometimes need to be made on the road. Furthermore, it potentially opens up the door to putting screens on vehicles for other purposes, such as advertisements, which is the last thing this world needs.
vinay427 11y ago
I feel like this completely counters the part where manufacturers are trying to make vehicles more visible with better lighting, etc. by pretending the vehicle is see-through. In ideal conditions, it wouldn't be a problem to a driver that has decent vision, but in stormy weather for example I'm not sure I would want this in front of me.

16 points by tokenadult 11y ago

Seems like a really stupid idea (If you take it as other than an ad for Samsung) Other than the funny games with making the monitors display the wrong thing. What if part of the monitor is broken or has mud on it. Tricks of the eye with on coming traffic, black car on a black road. Will you still stop in time if the truck stops suddenly and you're watching TV. Would you notice if the monitors go blank just as you overtake, or might your brain just register no traffic. I guess all these can all be overcome or checked for, but the stupid bit is why on earth would the person who won't benefit pay for this tech and take on the risk of being sued when things go bad. Plus you'll notice it was shot on dusk and night (and the night TV looked plain scary)

nmridul 11y ago
Its tough to follow a large truck on a 2 lane road. Overtaking them is very difficult and dangerous at times. Maybe after some time this becomes a mandatory feature, just like brake lights, reverse light etc.

estefan 11y ago

Genius! One of those simple ideas that makes you wonder why no one thought of it before.

millstone 11y ago
It doesn't seem very simple to me. Why not just a "Do Not Pass" sign with a flashing red light?
- serf 11y ago
  because that moves the judgement call from the driver behind to either the driver of the truck, or some system that recognizes passing conditions on the truck itself. why not let the guy in the back make the judgement call?
- gnurag 11y ago
  You haven't driven much on country roads with two lanes and no median, have you? Following a container truck going at 20kmph with "Do Not Pass" sign for 50 Kms, how many people would honor that?
NKCSS 11y ago
Someone did... back in 2009... it was Art Lebedev... as stated in the first line of the article... :P
- estefan 11y ago
  Ha! I didn't read the article when there was an enticing video to watch :-)

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ajbetteridge 11y ago

Not what I'd call transparent, but still useful tech.

breakingcups 11y ago

I think it's a bad idea to start putting lcd screens on moving vehicles. It can be distracting, expecially in split-second decisions that sometimes need to be made on the road. Furthermore, it potentially opens up the door to putting screens on vehicles for other purposes, such as advertisements, which is the last thing this world needs.

vinay427 11y ago

I feel like this completely counters the part where manufacturers are trying to make vehicles more visible with better lighting, etc. by pretending the vehicle is see-through. In ideal conditions, it wouldn't be a problem to a driver that has decent vision, but in stormy weather for example I'm not sure I would want this in front of me.