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Cameras in your rear
speedyxjs - 24/6/08 at 03:58 PM

A lightbulb went off in my head today.
Seeing as mirrors are a potential SVA failure, would it not be easier to get a couple of small camera's off ebay (£5 each) and have two small screens, one on either side of the dash but inside the car and therefor, avoiding the need for mirrors and obviously aiding the aerodynamics

Mr Whippy - 24/6/08 at 04:04 PM

there is a web site that deals with this subject (fetish) but forum rules prevent me supplying the link

JohnN - 24/6/08 at 04:05 PM

Mirrors are no problem
Aerodynamics don't come into it (the car is a brick anyway)
You wouldn't be able to see the image(s) in bright sunlight
Get another bulb

speedyxjs - 24/6/08 at 04:09 PM



They had a car on TG (GM i think it was) that had camera's instead of mirrors.

quote:

You wouldn't be able to see the image(s) in bright sunlight


You get the same thing with mirrors if you get the sun in them

clairetoo - 24/6/08 at 04:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs

quote:

You wouldn't be able to see the image(s) in bright sunlight



You get the same thing with mirrors if you get the sun in them

But if you only drive in England that's not a problem ?

westf27 - 24/6/08 at 04:33 PM

got eyes in the back of my head

james h - 24/6/08 at 05:03 PM

It has been done before, I saw a video on youtube of a locost with a small lcd screen on the passenger's side of the dashboard.

If i find the clip I will post it here.

James

edit:

Aha! Found it, actually a westfield mebabusa, seems the feed is from the front facing camera:

Clicky here

[Edited on 24/6/08 by james h]

worX - 24/6/08 at 05:07 PM

Haven't you already posted about it yourself once?

Steve

speedyxjs - 24/6/08 at 05:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by worX
Haven't you already posted about it yourself once?

Steve


I havnt no

Macbeast - 24/6/08 at 06:14 PM

A rearward facing camera will give image the wrong way round ( ie left to right swap)
You will have to find LCD displays with reverse function.

adithorp - 24/6/08 at 06:34 PM

But doesn't SVA state MIRRORS?

adrian

Blue Fox - 24/6/08 at 06:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
A rearward facing camera will give image the wrong way round ( ie left to right swap)
You will have to find LCD displays with reverse function.


You can get a camera that inverts the image for you so that wouldn't be a problem. We fit them on the container handling machines I work on.

Macbeast - 24/6/08 at 08:48 PM

Not for £5.00 I suspect

clairetoo - 24/6/08 at 09:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
But doesn't SVA state MIRRORS?

adrian

How about putting the screens in the `mirrors` ? With the cameras in the right position , who wold know

David Jenkins - 24/6/08 at 09:35 PM

I keep reading this topic's title as 'Cameras in your ear'...

..which would be different, to say the least...

jonno - 24/6/08 at 10:30 PM

Pretty sure Razman looked into this but was not allowed for SVA, he had to have mirrors