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Re: After Market HUD's & Lane Departure Warnings

There area a lot of sensors involved - I am not sure I would want an after market one but I imagine the cost to be fairly high. It is not a self start or alarm kit.

EDIT:
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»www.ebay.com.au/itm/Lane-Departu···28167865

There also seem to be smart phone apps as well - though I would probably trust those even less.
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Also - without auto braking the systems *may* do more harm than good:

»jalopnik.com/5923044/cars-with-l···-crashes

Personally - I think the systems do 2 things.

1) Lead to over-reaction by the driver when warnings go off and
2) A high incidence of utter reliance on the sensors to the expense of paying attention and looking ahead and around....

I drove a T&C 3 years ago to Yellowstone from Ohio. It had the side warnings int he rear mirrors. I did not notice them till I really concentrated on them. I look over my shoulder and then glance in the mirror 2 times. I don't have enough time to concentrate on the mirror to see the lights - I am too busy driving. Even if I had a HUD I would still look - nothing, nothing beats looking imho.

The issue with the sensors is the same as the back up cameras - most people use them exclusively to back up - even if there is not enough of a field of vision to the sides. I have a van with a camera, the van we drove to Yellowstone had a camera, my ILs and father have even newer, more expensive cars with cameras and none provide enough of a fisheye to see to see to the sides nearly enough. It does do a good job of looking right back, especially at night when it is hard to see (heck at times I wish my car had a camera for dark nights/mornings) but relying on them 100% like a lot of people do - is scary.
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

I think some people want backup cameras to be required.

In general I think all these new sensor systems are the lead in to automated cars. Get the vehicle positioning sensors down in price and everywhere and gradually work towards a final system bit by bit. After all like all luxury systems they will eventually be in the cheapest Kia... Consider only 10 years ago even power windows were still an option on many cars and today I have only see things like fleet vans that still use cranks as far as brand new goes.
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports

Yes - they do - to avoid running over kids/things right behind the car.

The problem with all these sensors and cameras is that people start to trust them too much and don't bother to actually drive their cars as much. An example of what I mean are the blind spot indicators that come on some cars. Chrysler uses a light in the side mirror to tell the driver there is someone in their blind spot. I've noticed some people with them don't even turn their head and check anymore. They fully trust the indicator to tell them. But what happens when that little LED indicator light stops working for some reason? And as a motorcyclist, I'm still not fully convinced the sensors will see me on my small bikes (though I do not linger in blind spots anyway).

I trust my mirrors more than the beepy thing my car does for reverse proximity sensing. Sometimes I wish the backup beeping based on proximity was actually on the outside because I find in parking lots people just the to walk and stand behind cars while also never controlling their kids. When I drove a pickup I had a two mirror policy for kids too short to see over the bed if they walked behind and did not exit on the mirrors I just assumed they were still behind and would give a short horn blow.
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports

I just installed some ultrasonic reverse sensors yesterday and next month I might get around to installing my rear view camera, I figure since my radio has the option just use it.. plus I will be tinting the windows soon, but yeah people love to just walk behind cars but I have seen people just backup not looking at all.