Digital Rear View Mirrors/Cameras

[dutchie01]

You dont have a blind spot?  The drivers mirror is small, difficult to judge as you are looking at a 2d screen, your eyes have to focus and several times i found myself out of time for judgement as i gambled to continue or stop as i simply could not see what happened next to me. And that was in broad daylight. Rain on the lens, fog, wet shiny roads or a technical gremlin could make it unusable. Driving without mirrors. Exactly that happened with Audi that apparently stopped offering them after numerous complaints. It is just plane stupid. What is wrong with normal mirrors, next step is to replace the windscreen with a plasma one?

[Rabbers]

10 hours ago, dutchie01 said:

You dont have a blind spot?  The drivers mirror is small, difficult to judge as you are looking at a 2d screen, your eyes have to focus and several times i found myself out of time for judgement as i gambled to continue or stop as i simply could not see what happened next to me. And that was in broad daylight. Rain on the lens, fog, wet shiny roads or a technical gremlin could make it unusable. Driving without mirrors. Exactly that happened with Audi that apparently stopped offering them after numerous complaints. It is just plane stupid. What is wrong with normal mirrors, next step is to replace the windscreen with a plasma one?

Speaking as someone rarely attracted to new technological devices and gadgets, mainly because I feel they might weaken the faculties I was born with after forcing me to acquire new habits when I was happy with old ones, I admit that I was surprised to be immediately comfortable with the digital mirrors.  In fact, my only practical criticism, admittedly after short acquaintance, regards the small size of the screen and not its contents.  On the other hand, we’re it to exist, I would certainly prefer a system based on normal mirrors but incorporating an option to switch to and from digital images at will.  I found your mention of a plasma windscreen a bit terrifying, especially as it would be surprising if someone somewhere is not trying to develop one.  But, then again, were such a windscreen to work in conjunction with something flying overhead, lengthening your visual horizon, enabling you to see around corners, and eliminating blind curves, it might be quite useful… 👁!

 

[Mouse 1999]

I just drove a Lexus loaner with a digital rear view mirror.  I did not need to adjust the mirror.  The view was clear and bright.  Looking into replacing the mirror in my 2019 Lexus.