On 5/17/2021 2:06 PM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
In wrote:
I don't see what's gained by just substituting a camera/display for a
mirror.

Fuel efficiency. On a modern car[*] it's (IIRC) 3% of drag caused by just
side mirrors.

It would drive me crazy, and probably everyone else over 40.

I expect I could get used to it. It would help with my narrow garage,
too. I think I have 5 inches to spare with my current car, and have
at some point hit the side and needed to replaced side mirrors on all
other cars I've owned.

The mirror's image plane would be at infinity, as would the image of
the oncoming traffc. The camera/display's image plane would be at the
mirror so would take a major refocus. Refocusing is slow, or
impossible, for us old farts.

If you can't refocus at all, that makes me concerned being on the road
with you driving.

Elijah
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[*] That's just cars, not trucks / pickups / SUVs / etc.

I'm in my 20's, and I surely couldn't stand some kind of display for a
side or rear view mirror. No thank you! Wait until those systems start
to have issues when the car gets older... good luck.

In my '94 Geo Metro hatch, passenger side mirror was an option that the
original owner didn't spring for... it saves 1 MPG, give or take. I
haven't been in any kind of a hurry since 2015 to install one... I don't
particularly miss it. That being said, lack of driver's mirror or rear
view mirror would be an issue.