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Hmm... how about adding displays on the pillars connected to cameras that fill in the view (adjusted to whatever the driver's head position is at any time)?

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My wife's Honda CR-V has a camera in the passenger side mirror and when you turn the blinkers toward the passenger side, it shows that camera on the entertainment center display. It's one of those things, that once I experienced it, i don't know why all cars don't have this. It completely eliminated the blind spot problem.

I have two Hondas with this feature and once you have it, it feels frankly unsafe to drive other cars (even with various other tricks). Once you realize how wide the angle of the camera is you basically never have to turn your head away from looking forwards.

I only wish that it also worked for the left-side mirror as well. My understanding is that Hondas new all electric cars will feature cameras instead of mirrors entirely.

I recently saw a review for a car that offers this feature for left and right mirrors. I believe it was the Polestar, Volvo's new EV brand. They're much pricier than Hondas, but hopefully they'll popularize features like this so that they become common in less expensive vehicles.

The Honda e will have cameras instead of mirrors.

Looks like Honda might be removing it though

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a27007185/honda-lanewatch-...

My mom's CR-V has it, she hates that it doesn't do the same thing with a left turn signal.

For blind spots, newer VWs have a blind spot indicator in the mirrors that light up if something is next to you. For the A pillar, the cameras would be a massive improvement in any car I've driven.

Well, you could look at the center screen in the 3 before changing lanes, but that's not a habit I have, and I'm not sure relying on a video screen that shows a computer-generated representation of an obstacle it thinks might be there is a habit I want to take up.

The Honda e switching the side mirrors for cameras and interior displays feels like the way of the future

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