See around semi-trucks with this Samsung innovation
Their new Safety Truck aims to reduce traffic fatalities.
It can be difficult to share the road with 18 wheelers. There’s an instinct to pass the trucks, but often it’s impossible to see if a car is coming the opposite way. Well, not any more, thanks to a new innovation from Samsung.
Almost one person dies every hour as a result of traffic accidents in Argentina, according to Samsung. The electronics company created their “Safety Truck’’ to try to stop some of those too-frequent tragedies.
A camera on the front of an 18 wheeler broadcasts a live feed of the road in front to screens mounted on the back. That way, cars stuck behind the semi-truck can see if any other vehicles are coming to know when it’s safe to overtake the truck.
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The system, which also has a night-vision mode, may reduce the risk of accidents caused by sudden braking or animals crossing the road.
The truck is only a prototype at the moment, so no video-camera equipped vehicles are on the road just yet. Samsung says it’s working with local governments and safe driving NGOs to figure out how to obtain the necessary permits and approvals to get this technology on the road.
“So far Samsung has been able to confirm that the technology works and that this idea can definitely save the lives of many people,’’ Samsung wrote.
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