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Vehicle Safety and Blind Spot Monitoring, Part 2
Testing and fine-tuning of blind-spot monitoring solutions is essential to ensuring the client is content with their purchase. Let’s take a deeper look into these systems and the end-result of the installation. WORDS BY DAVE MACKINNON
The business of collision avoidance system installation is not only profitable—it’s a great way to get your clients thinking about all the non-audio and remote start solutions available from mobile electronics retailers like yours. In the last issue, we took a close look at radar and microwave-based blind-spot warning systems. In this article, we’ll discuss camera-based systems. Even when appropriately adjusted, side-view mirrors don’t offer the field-of-vision that
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a high-quality camera-based warning system delivers. As such, these solutions are an excellent way to avoid accidents when driving a large vehicle, especially on the freeway. What is a Camera-Based Blind Spot Monitoring System? In the simplest of terms, a camera-based blind spot monitoring system uses a camera mounted on the left and right side-view mirrors to let the driver
know if there is a vehicle or object in an adjacent lane. The camera system’s image is displayed on a screen in the dash automatically when the turn signal is activated. As we’ve talked about in the past, there are both active and passive safety systems available. A camera-based blind-spot warning system would be considered passive, as the driver needs to remember to look at the screen before changing lanes. There is no warning buzzer or beeper
