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Large, durable screens mounted on the rear surface of a large vehicle , wired to cameras on the front. Scaled as closely as possible to the following vehicle's point of view, they would have a much better idea of what's going on ahead of the truck. This, of course, does not replace the wisdom of a proper
following distance, but I think most 'drivers' would be more comfortable with 'transparent' trucks.
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Then of course, you'd have jokers such as myself, who would play videos taken from sports cars racing down mountain roads. |
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And soon selling advertising would take hold, and we'd have a whole new set of distractions. |
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and... a creative and devious trucker could hijack the display for all sorts of silliness. hehehe |
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'Sir, perhaps you could explain to me why you drove into the back of a lorry at 130mph.' |
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'But officer, all I could see ahead of me was a clear road.' |
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'Yes sir, that's because the lorry in front of you had a clear road.' |
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Am I alone in thinking that effectively attempting to make large lumps of steel travelling at high speed invisible might not make the roads rather more dangerous? |
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I propose to use the screens to project some sort of representation chosen by the driver. I personally would like to see a pirate ship travelling at 60mph down a motorway, followed by three dinosaurs, a giant racing tortoise and a portrait of the Queen. |
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:-) moomintroll. (Can we have a system
for bunning annotations?) |
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...and then I edited it. Damn. :-) |
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Well, you'll just have to edit it back in,
then :-) |
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Yeah, it'd be a great outlet for a trucker's creativity, but I don't believe you could make the truck transparent enough to actually believe it isn't there... besides, that's why we have SEP fields! :) (for the record... a bun for moomintroll) |
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What's in it for the truckers? |
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I personally don't mind following trucks much; they make driving cheaper for me. Drafting can be good. Although the ones traveling with no trailer can seriously mess with your aero and therefore your stability, so watch out. The trailers seem to smooth things out a bit. |
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If trucks and their trailers had more of an open door policy to other drivers on the road, they could have little ramps and a conveyor belt for you to ride piggyback on. A little coffee shop and video store in the toe of the trailer would be less stressing than concentrating on staying in someone's backdraft bubble. |
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Our eyes met from across the road, through the truck. |
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[mens] Sometimes, if drafting behind one of the family haulers that has a DVD player inside, it's possible to be somewhat entertained by the playing movie. At least, until I get a headache from trying to focus too far out. Those screens are tiny and I'm not trying to get a ticket for tailgating, you know. |
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I used to drive 'em, I've driven behind 'em, and those big flat doors made a primo draft shadow. If you are at all attentive there's no problem stopping, either, because your car will certainly stop shorter than the truck, but beware of those tires. If one blows it can wreck your car. |
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