NO SIDE MIRRORS (Side View Cameras Instead)

[Cyber_Dav]

Just 2 more cents... many people add 'towing mirrors' to tow large trailers. Nothing says you HAVE to use cameras.

Fretting madly here. When will I get my hands on it?

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[moonrover]

Regardless of mirror or camera, I hope blind spot visibility over my shoulder is good.

 

[Shumby]

your extended mirrow does not see around the trailer. and yes a widw angle lense will give you that view

 

[PACEMD]

Oddly enough, when I get into a vehicle, and before I start driving, I check that I can see out my windows and with my mirrors. But I suppose I might forget all about seeing anything outside the vehicle if some of the views were camera-based instead. I mean, it's not like I could just look up and see if the cameras were blocked before I started driving, right?

 

[PACEMD]

The truth is there are many little things that are radically different about driving a Tesla. Things that take you about 5 miles of driving to get accustomed to, like single-pedal driving/rarely using the brake. Mirrors versus cameras, probably not really much of a thing...........but we'll see.........

 

[keyhere]

your extended mirrow does not see around the trailer. and yes a widw angle lense will give you that view

A "wide-angle" lens expands the viewing angle of the camera. It would not replace having extended mirrors. If you draw a straight line from the mirror location to the edge of the trailer, that's your max viewing angle. If you extend the mirrors further from the body, as many who tow do, then you can see more of what is behind the trailer. It's not possible to bend light around the trailer with the optics of the camera.

 

[Snuups]

It's not possible to bend light around the trailer with the optics of the camera.

Shue it is possible. Just drag a black hole behind your trailer. ?

Maybe the solution is a rear camera mounted on the trailer connected via radio waves to the CT.

 

[PACEMD]

The whole mirror thing with a motorized vehicle is an artifice anyway, we can do better...........

 

[Zhe Wiz]

The trailer thing has already been solved...stop thinking last century.

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[muadib]

I can't speak to the 3 guys from Canada or the one from Switzerland. To you guys in the USA though, keep dreaming! Your new CT will have mirrors as that the law here, and I don't see the DOT changing that anytime soon.

 

[Shumby]

you my friend are the one bending light is you think your 12" mirror extention sees behind your trailer.

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