(Dagbladet): Most people who have sat behind a steering wheel has most likely experienced ending up behind a slow truck and wanted to recover quickly by.
Trucks is broad and blocks much of the view of those who end up behind.
Now technology giant Samsung has come with a solution that can make all the trucks “transparent.”
Safer overtaking
The company has applied for permission to begin work on installing wireless cameras in front of the trucks that send pictures to a monitor mounted behind.
Tekonoligen allows drivers behind trucks look accommodating traffic before trying their hand at a passing.
– The displays will give the driver behind the truck an overview of the traffic situation in front of the trailer, even in the dark, writes Samsung.
Hoping for implementation
Samsung hopes that the technology will be implemented and that it comes to save lives in traffic.
The question is only whether the truck industry wants to invest in the project.
– The next step will be to perform similar tests to comply with the various national protocols, and get necessary permits and approvals, type Samsung.
In 2014 lost 147 people lives in 135 fatal accidents on Norwegian roads, according to figures from Statistics Norway (SSB).
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