Lee, Car buyers have massively indicated (to market researchers) that they want to feel secure in their cars and they (incorrectly) associate this with tinted and small windows, so they cannot be seen inside their vehicles, that is why especially rear windows have become increasingly smaller. Front windows are required to offer a minimal amount of view, but with paint you can make the edges smaller and conceal any transitions, rubber and other imperfections. Width of A-pillars has to do with safety rating for roll-over as well as stiffness of the unibody. That is why in a collision or even a severe pothole, a window can bust as it is glued in to add to the stiffness. Cor.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Lee Hart via EV Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 9:18 AM To: Peri Hartman; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: Lee Hart Subject: Re: [EVDL] a-pillar blind spot (OT) Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > teenager design system to eliminate blind spot caused by the A-pillar > It works by using a camera to capture, from the driver's point of view, > what would be blocked by the pillar. Then, that image is projected onto > the pillar itself, effectively making the pillar transparent. > https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/us/blind-spots-science-project.html It's a clever idea; but I wonder how practical it would be. It has to know exactly where your eye is, to position the image correctly. Otherwise, the image will be shifted out of position, showing you a spot that you could already see through the glass and *not* showing you what is really behind the pillar. There are some pretty strong clear plastics (lexan etc.) I wonder if the A pillar could simply be made of a transparent plastic? Or, just make it from a strong enough material so it can be much smaller. I remember cars of old with A-pillars so small you could wrap your hand around it and the fingers would touch. Side question: Why has it become fashionable to reduce the size of windows as much as possible (creating huge pillars and reducing visibility), and then painting an inch or more of the edges black? Lee Hart -- There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's very serious, and interferes completely with your work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them! (Richard Feynman) -- Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20191107/0572a739/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
