Anyone else a little surprised we still have side mirrors on cars?

My Silverado truck has the bigger mirrors optimized for towing.

Looks like dumbo ears.

shite I'm surprised we still have turn signals; no one knows how to fricking use them.

I see no reason to make something so elaborate out of something so simple.

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They are just now being used on prototype racing cars and high end supercars. I don't think that tech will trickle down for another 10-20 years

I wonder why cars still have cigarette lighter port, yet no cigarette lighter.

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Then they found out that the Israelis had mounted side-mirrors from cars onto the same fighters that they bought from us.

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the F-35 has tiny cameras all over it that are sort of blue-toothed into the pilot's helmet so that anywhere he looks, including straight down, he can view via the camera

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They are just now being used on prototype racing cars and high end supercars. I don't think that tech will trickle down for another 10-20 years

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newer RVs have something similar

Quite a few newer cars have cameras on the right side mirror. When you use your right blinker, it displays the video feed on the console screen.

I've often wondered the same.

I think the wind resistance is fairly minimal for a consumer, but it is there. In no way would offset the cost though. But in the age of hypermiling and aerodynamics, it's an avenue to explore.

I recall doing an example calculation in college on how much the raised emblem (think older jaguars) on the front of a car costs due to aerodynamics. Don't recall the value (on order of $10/year), but at least it was a thought to manufacturers.