Cars today are safer than they used to be, but those safety improvements have caused some other issues. For example, you’re much more likely to survive a rollover but to make that happen, automakers had to use thicker pillars to support the roof. Those thicker pillars can block your line of sight. But MotorTrend reports that Toyota might have a solution…make those pillars invisible. A patent application from Toyota uses a series of mirrors to make a car’s A-pillars look like they’re invisible. The idea of using mirrors to bend light around the pillar is simple however the execution will probably be more difficult. If Toyota could actually get this to work well enough to put it into production, it would be more practical than adding screens and cameras. Are you on board with this going into production?
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How stupid! Answers to blind spots…1: LOOK! 2: Get rid of all these gigantic pillars and make cars like they used to be made when everything was good!
Way to go Toyota!