Being stuck behind a large truck in the traffic, especially if it is
single lane, is as irritating as it could be dangerous. Reports suggest
that in major chunk of road mishaps, trucks had been involved but there
were no reforms in the safety measures. The electronics giant Samsung
has worked upon the Transparentius concept coined by Russian design
house Art Lebedev in making its own trucks safer.
The
concept is fairly simple. A camera is put up on the front of the large,
slow-moving truck and is connected to video displays on the back. This
allows the trailing drivers to see what’s beyond the truck. Thus making
it’s safe to overtake the big machine.
Here’s a demonstration video by Samsung of its transparent trucks.
Samsung in its transparent trucks has installed four displays on the
rear that get the live video feed from the wireless camera at the front,
thereby making them transparent for the driver behind. Samsung has
already applied for the regulatory approval for its trucks.The company
has already tested the prototypes on the Argentine roads and it is
working very well. The technology is yet to be commercially available.
Samsung calls them Safety Trucks.
