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the front of its lorries and video screens to the back. That way, any car following can see what's ahead of the lorry and whether or not it's safe to overtake
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The days of getting stuck behind slow-moving trucks on single-carriageway roads could be coming to an end with new Samsung technology
Have you ever experienced the frustration of
being stuck behind a slow-moving lorry without a good enough view to
overtake? Of course you have, but Samsung has come up with a solution.
The Korean technology firm has fitted cameras tothe front of its lorries and video screens to the back. That way, any car following can see what's ahead of the lorry and whether or not it's safe to overtake
It's only a trial scheme at the moment, and
is taking place in Argentina, where head-on collisions caused by people
trying to overtake slow-moving vehicles is one of the biggest causes of
road deaths.
However, there's
nothing particularly complicated about the technology, so hopefully it
will be taken up by other firms and come to UK roads soon.
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