WASHINGTON -- Drivers in the U.S. may one day no longer have to crane their necks to check their blind spots if regulators agree to let high-tech cameras and screens replace the humble side-view ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the pervasive, yet little-understood auto industry. U.S. traffic safety regulators are exploring whether to allow ...
Drivers in the U.S. may one day no longer have to crane their necks to check their blind spots if regulators agree to let high-tech cameras and screens replace the humble side-view mirror. The ...
Blind spots could be a thing of the past, if only replacing car mirrors with the latest technology was legal. Last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas BMW showed off a prototype vehicle ...
As automakers push for more cameras in cars, the tried-and-true three-mirror setup is starting to look a bit archaic. Antuan started out in the automotive industry the old-fashioned way, by turning ...
Camera monitor systems designed to replace a truck’s conventional side mirrors are getting favor­able reviews from drivers, according to exec­utives at fleets that are testing the new technology, ...
Someday in the near future, there will be no need for mirrors on commercial trucks because they may be no drivers to look into them. But until that day, mirrors remain a key part of the safety ...
As advanced as new trucks have become, some of the pieces remain fairly basic and largely untouched by modernization. In the early 1900s, mirrors were an option, and it wasn’t until the 1970s that ...