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Monday 22 June 2015

Samsung Unveils Transparent 'Safety Trucks' That Will Allow Drivers To See What Is Coming Up Ahead And Know When It Is Safe To Overtake

Samsung's transparent Safety Trucks allows drivers to see when it's safe to pass
Samsung is hoping to implement a new technology that will save the lives of drivers who get impatient when they are stuck behind semi-trailer trucks on single-lane highways or roads,
The Korean company wants to roll out a line of ‘Safety Trucks’ after being inspired to reduce the high number of traffic accidents in Argentina that occur on one-lane roads in overtaking situations.
The new trucks will use cameras, wireless video and huge display screens to allow drivers to see what is coming down the pike towards them without have to risk pulling out into harm's way.
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Samsung is hoping to implement a new technology that will save the lives of drivers who get impatient
Samsung is hoping to implement a new technology that will save the lives of drivers who get impatient
The Korean company's Safety Trucks will utilize cameras, wireless video and huge display screens (above) 
The Korean company's Safety Trucks will utilize cameras, wireless video and huge display screens (above) 

The safety vehicles will have wireless cameras attached to their fronts to capture the road ahead.
The images from the cameras will broadcast to a video wall made of four video monitors located on the back of the truck. 
Those monitors will 'give drivers behind the truck a view of what is going on ahead, even in the dark of night,' according to the company
Samsung tested a prototype of the truck with a business-to-business client, but the test model is no longer operational. 
The safety vehicles will have wireless cameras attached to their fronts to capture the road ahead
The company said it confirmed the technology works and that lives can be saved
The safety vehicles will have wireless cameras attached to their fronts to capture the highway or road ahead
Samsung tested a prototype of the truck with a business-to-business client
Samsung's test model of the truck is no longer operational
The signal will show up on monitors to 'give drivers behind the truck a view of what is going on ahead'

The company said it confirmed the technology works and that lives can be saved. 
'The next step is to perform the corresponding tests in order to comply with the existing national protocols and obtain the necessary permits and approvals,' according to the company.
'For this, Samsung is working together with safe driving NGOs and the government.'
In Argentina, nearly one person dies in a car crash every hour.


2 comments:

  1. What a great idea. Safety first.

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  2. What a great idea. I like it. Safety first.

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