REAR-VIEW TV CAMERA FOR TRUCKS

IN SWEDEN, WHERE TRUCK LENGTHS UP TO 78.7 FT. ARE PERMITTED, VOLVO NOW OFFERS AN OPTIONAL, JAPANESE-MADE TELEVISION CAMERA TO REPLACE REAR VIEW MIRRORS. ITS POPULARITY WITH TRUCKERS IS DOUBTFUL, HOWEVER, SINCE THE CAMERA-MONITOR UNIT IS PRICED AT $700, PLUS ABOUT $200 FOR INSTALLATION. STILL, IT'S A NEW IDEA IN SAFETY DREAMED UP BY ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LTD., OF TOKYO. THE TV CAMERA HAS A 120 DEGREE, WIDE-ANGLE LENS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THE DRIVER WITH A VIEW EXTENDING ABOUT 3.2 FT. ON EACH SIDE OF THE TRAILER, PROVIDED THE CAMERA IS MOUNTED IN THE CENTER. THE CAMERA TRANSMITS A "REAR- VIEW" PICTURE TO THE DRIVER ON A SMALL, DASH-MOUNTED MONITOR. THE UNIT IS TRANSISTORIZED TO CONSERVE ELECTRICAL POWER. VOLVO REPORTS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE UNIT, BUT NO BIG SALES, YET.

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• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 13
• Serial:
  • Fleet Owner
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Primedia Business Magazines & Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1070-194X
  • Serial URL: http://www.fleetowner.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rearview mirrors; Television; Trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Rear view
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226582
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 2 1973 12:00AM