One person per hour dies due to vehicular accidents caused by drivers trying to overtake in a single lane road in Argentina. To avoid this scenario, Samsung has innovated a truck with a built-in wireless camera at the front, which captures the driver's eye view, and four displays at the rear to let jockeys from behind see through the road.
According to The Verge, this idea is not new anymore. Art Lebedev, a Russian designer, proposed very the same design way back in 2009.
Instead of following the sluggish giant trucks until the end of the road, drivers often find a way to overtake them. But this has been a risk to travelers' lives and their vehicles throughout history.
The South Korea-based electronics enterprise aspires to make giant wagons that look translucent, which is now visualized by Samsung using a prototype truck. Most mishaps happen in Argentina, so the test was done there with a town client who is usually involved in B2B transactions.
Samsung Tomorrow states on their blog, "This allows drivers to have a better view when deciding whether it is safe to overtake. Another advantage of the Safety Truck is that it may reduce the risk of accidents caused by sudden braking or animals crossing the road."
Before these safety trucks can be deployed on public streets, the company still has to gain consent from the local government. The video display will cost much though, which seems impractical in terms of investment.
Besides this issue, Samsung has to ensure durable screens for these trucks and to improve security against thieves and hackers.
In 2016, Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication or V2V systems are supposed to be embedded in US cars which are more pragmatic fixes for this kind of road incidents.
