Samsung wagons can now be safely overtaken in Argentina

A curious example of the use of modern technology was demonstrated by Samsung: in Argentina, the cabins of its branded trucks are equipped with front-facing cameras that transmit a real-time picture to 4 monitors installed on the rear doors of a truck. Due to this, the driver, driving behind, can assess the traffic situation ahead and begin to overtake the truck without the risk of jumping into the oncoming lane under any car. This old idea at Samsung is called The Safety Truck.

According to the speaker of the company, in Argentina, there are sad statistics with road traffic incidents: every hour a person dies on the roads of the country. At the same time, in 80% of the deaths of the accident occur at the time of overtaking ahead of the vehicle. A small number of one-way roads also contributes. Therefore, the situation when it is necessary to take carefully to the left to see what is going on behind the vehicle in front and to press the gas in time is quite frequent.

After a bit of rethinking the old idea, Samsung installed four wireless cameras on the bumper of their branded trucks, which in real time broadcast the image to 4 monitors mounted on the back doors of the truck. An additional convenience for the driver of the overtaking vehicle is the “night vision mode”, which is activated at dusk and at night.
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This Samsung example is far from unique. In Land Rover, there is a special system of improved visibility for the driver, which is called 360 Virtual Urban Windscreen. It is a screen mounted in the body racks of the car. At the time of lane change and the intersection of the intersection of the car camera begin to broadcast on these screens environment, which in a normal car is hidden. It looks like this:



In the same Land Rover, engineers use a similar idea with cameras and screens. On the prototype of an SUV there is a function called “transparent bonnet” (transparent hood). On the radiator cars installed cameras that transmit the picture on a special screen for the driver. Thus, it creates the feeling that the driver sees “through” the hood and knows exactly where to turn the steering wheel during difficult maneuvering.