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I say it is time for a forward sideways-looking camera for exiting corners or sharp crossings. I do not know if this exists but I have missed it a number of times.

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That reminds me of a small project where the British Army gave a budget to some soldiers to add "accessories" to a main battle tank - one of the things they did was add sideways looking cameras at the end of the main gun so they could use it to see round corners.

My 2013 Volvo can be fitted with exactly these as an original part by the dealer (it seems they were not available with the original order); the module is placed into the Volvo logo, and the driver sees a split image in the infotainment display.

But like the Audi A8 it's not exactly a cheap car; maybe it will be available in more cars in a few years (or once some patent expires?).

Edit: Here is a 52s video/ad for the feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkF9Txbeaxg

Audi A8 has it: https://youtu.be/TchqhDUbP8w?t=342

It's gonna be a long time before mainstream car adopt this though.

Oh dear. That must be my next car.

Unfortunately, it just cannot be...

Glad it is at least being researched. Thanks for the (very precise) link!

For my eye, Bose's suspension seemed smoother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KPYIaks1UY

And it had Turbo-Boost (same video with cue-in): https://youtu.be/3KPYIaks1UY?t=81

> a long time

The Ford Edge has had the option since 2015. Looks like the Explorer got it the next year. The Subaru Ascent has it for 2019. I'm sure there are others that didn't come up in the first couple pages of my search results.

Get a BMW, here's a video from 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfX1plunhAo

Or camera feeds on the road that the car can access, to allow the driver to see around corners ahead of them.

So many problems in such a small package! Security and privacy aside (sic!), I'm not convinced this would help safety: people are notoriously bad at interpreting images from multiple points of view in realtime.

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