Yahoo Autos Samsung Builds A See-Thru Semi Truck
Apparently, if you pass a truck in Argentina, you stand a good chance of dying. At least that’s the message behind an experimental truck being shown by Samsung that provides a clear view of what lies ahead.
Called the Samsung Safety Truck (but with a funky spelling of truck), it has a front-mounted camera that displays oncoming traffic to four large monitors mounted on the trailer’s rear doors. Samsung, with its background in technology, was able to solve the problem of sun glare diffusing the monitor’s visibility, according to The Verge.
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Samsung says one person an hour dies on Argentina roads, where the safety truck was introduced on a trial basis. Eighty percent of those deaths happen from people attempting to pass. So, we’re talking about 19 Argentinians a day, on average, being killed while attempting to pass.
