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Samsung makes big trucks transparent in the name of road safety
Posted on 6/26/15 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 6/26/15 at 8:36 pm
See-through trucking
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Back in 2009, Russian design house Art Lebedev introduced the dramatically titled Transparentius concept for improving road safety. It was remarkably simple: put a camera on the front of large, slow-moving trucks and connect it to video displays on the back, thereby informing trailing drivers whether it's safe to overtake the big rig. That's the exact same idea that Samsung is now pursuing with a new prototype truck. Making use of its abundance of outdoor displays, the Korean company has stitched together a video wall of four displays at the rear of the truck, which transmits video captured by a wireless camera at the front.
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Posted on 6/26/15 at 8:40 pm to Street Hawk
just more screens to distract drivers.... terrible idea.... drive correctly and you don't need this gimmick.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 8:44 pm to Street Hawk
Those Ruskies are very crafty. I have to hand it to them. We underestimate them at our own peril.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 9:20 pm to Street Hawk
I didn't read article but truck drivers are going to be pissed if they can be seen cranking them out while driving now
This post was edited on 6/26/15 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 6/26/15 at 9:22 pm to Mrtommorrow1987
The camera is not pointed at the driver...
Posted on 6/26/15 at 9:25 pm to Street Hawk
A cool idea but you will never see this in person being used on the roads. Trucking companies bitch about .1 changes in MPG, they aren't about to install flat screens on the doors of trailers.
Not to mention, those screens would be beaten to shite after a month of use, trailers that are regularly used get the seriously abused.
Not to mention, those screens would be beaten to shite after a month of use, trailers that are regularly used get the seriously abused.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 9:34 pm to Street Hawk
samsung, marketer of flat screens, wants to put one on the back of every 18 wheeler....imagine that... 
Posted on 6/26/15 at 9:45 pm to Street Hawk
If I were a hacker, I would stream porn on every truck. Makes traffic a little less painful.
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