GMC Adds in Low-Cost Collision Warning by switching to Webcams

CommanderFrank

CommanderFrank

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By switching from the more expensive radar to the cheaper webcam technology, GM has been able to bring to the market a simple, but effective, auto collision warning system for under $300 dollars. There is nothing ground breaking in the technology, just the availability to the masses at such a low cost makes the warning system exceptional.

Together this affordable combo suggests GM was on target in 2009 when it told Congress, “Give us that $7 billion bailout and you’ll get to see the great technologies and cars in the pipeline.”
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the-one1 said:
Hope not. Too much lag in the Kinect. You would have collided before it warned you of the collision.
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Possibly.

Although I think an SSD connected to something like that that constantly records (and over) would be a great addition to a car, not so much for safety, but for accidents so you can show that "yeah that fucker did just zip in front of me and slam on the brakes"
 
likeman said:
what if it rains
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That is a problem that the radar based collision warning systems also had to deal with, so hopefully GM has done enough real world testing in all situations. Personally, I would rather stick with some common sense as I think that cars are getting so high tech that people are forgetting how to drive.
 
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