Video Cameras - A badly needed option

You read right. Not DVD players, but DVD recorders coupled to cameras fore
and aft.

The police have them forward as we have all seen the world's worst drivers
on Spike TV.

I want the factory option to have one camera facing forward and one
backward with wide angle lenses. Imaged to a split screen and running all
the time the engine is running. Making this a factory option will lower
the cost from thousands to maybe hundreds of dollars on a new car.

It would be money well spent. Good defense against short-cycled yellows
on red light signals built free in revenue sharing programs by
Lockheed-Martin. Just take your DVD into court and show the judge the
trap. Also good defense in all kinds of tickets and accidents when you are
not at fault. In case you're at fault, you can hit the "erase last 15
minutes" button, so you don't incriminate yourself. It will make for a
wonderful entertaining hobby nailing those reckless SUV drivers who race up
behind you and swerve around you and speed off. Since the cameras will
record your speed and time, you can just turn over your DVD to the cops and
have a field day in court testifying against those SUVs and Pickup Truck
bastards who just ain't got no respect.

How about it, D-C? Put your best Krauts on this job and build in some real
driver protection against bad traffic lights, mistaken police officers,
lousy drivers and just plain bullshit we have to tolerate day in and day
out. D-C, I know you're reading this newsgroup, so how about some action
on this multi-million dollar idea?

 

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Well Volvo has already started to address some of what you have mentioned
although for different reasons (see below).
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http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/06/05/volvo.safety.idg/
To address those problems, Volvo has installed a television screen in the
middle of the dashboard of the Concept Car, which was shown in San Francisco
last week. The screen displays a wide rear view and also provides maps and
driving directions. When the driver signals to make a turn or sets the car
in reverse, cameras built into the door mirror and the third brake light
turn on automatically. The driver can then see what's going on behind him by
glancing down at the 4-by-8-inch screen rather than turning around. Should
the kiddies in the back seat be in the process of making trouble -- like
removing their seatbelts when the car is in motion -- the driver can nip
mischief in the bud because there's a camera trained on them as well.
The car also has a sensor that finds the whites of the driver's eyes,
information from which the car's computer system uses in order to
automatically adjust the seat for optimal vision, as well as the steering
wheel, floor and pedals for optimal ergonomic comfort. The computer can save
that information about different drivers so that they are instantly
accommodated whenever they take the driver's seat in the car.