rt.com/news/267646-safety-truck-screens-samsung
The Korean tech-giant Samsung has created a ‘Safety Truck’ which aims to reduce crashes when drivers attempt to overtake long vehicles on one-way roads. The solution is quite straight-forward using cameras, wireless video feeds, and huge display screens.
The technology was inspired by the high incidence of traffic accidents in Argentina, where almost one person dies in a traffic accident every hour. Almost 80% of fatalities happen on roads and the majority involve attempts to overtake on one-way roads, according to Samsung’s estimates.
The Safety Truck is a bit different from its fellow gigantic vehicles - instead of obscuring most of the view, it actually shows the driver what’s going on ahead of the wheeled leviathan.
Cameras installed in the front of the long haul vehicle capture real time video of the road ahead and transmit it in real time via wireless feeds to four big screens on the back. The cameras also have a night vision setting to make drivers aware of their immediate surroundings.
The technology was developed in partnership with advertising company Leo Burnett and Argentinian tech group Ingematica.
You could save all the trouble and expense and just follow the highway code of course. Just a suggestion. Thank me later.
Overtaking (162 to 169)
162.Before overtaking you should make sure
1.the road is sufficiently clear ahead
2.road users are not beginning to overtake you
3.there is a suitable gap in front of the road user you plan to overtake.
Oh, and 163 is…don’t get too close to the vehicle in front. You can see round it then. Clever eh? My own additional rule is…don’t cut in. Lest you incur the wrath of (non-safety) truck.
Janos:
You could save all the trouble and expense and just follow the highway code of course. Just a suggestion. Thank me later.
Overtaking (162 to 169)
162.Before overtaking you should make sure
1.the road is sufficiently clear ahead
2.road users are not beginning to overtake you
3.there is a suitable gap in front of the road user you plan to overtake.
Oh, and 163 is…don’t get too close to the vehicle in front. You can see round it then. Clever eh? My own additional rule is…don’t cut in. Lest you incur the wrath of (non-safety) truck.
But people are idiots and why can’t we use technology so we don’t have to put ourselves at risk?
Janos:
You could save all the trouble and expense and just follow the highway code of course. Just a suggestion. Thank me later.
Overtaking (162 to 169)
162.Before overtaking you should make sure
1.the road is sufficiently clear ahead
2.road users are not beginning to overtake you
3.there is a suitable gap in front of the road user you plan to overtake.
Oh, and 163 is…don’t get too close to the vehicle in front. You can see round it then. Clever eh? My own additional rule is…don’t cut in. Lest you incur the wrath of (non-safety) truck.
As I do a healthy amount of residential multi drop, it never ceases to amaze me, just why drivers think it is a good idea to drive right up to the back of my lorry that they are needing to overtake. They then stop in a blind spot of their own making and ■■■■ their pants when they realise they can’t see ■■■■ all.
It would be pointless in the UK, as it would just be showing the arse end of another truck, and on that truck would be an image of the truck ahead, and the truck ahead of that one, etc…
Probably look very freaky, and mess with your eyes. Hence why this is a solution for a specific environment, which isn’t the UK or Europe.