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Old 04-20-2021, 09:54 AM   #7
ShrimpBurrito
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I have some experience with this. Our Honda has a camera on the passenger side mirror, and it turns on automatically when the right turn signal is activated, displaying its view on the car's 8" screen in the console. I don't really like it very much. The video quality is good, and it does provide a pretty wide angle (80 degrees), but there is a slight (maybe half second) delay between when the signal is activated till the time the picture appears. It doesn't seem like alot, but compared to simply looking over there, which is instant feedback, it's very noticeable. Also, what you can see in the video is pretty limited at night, when headlights essentially blind the camera, which just doesn't have nearly the dynamic range as the human eye. It's good enough that I can see two headlights, but it's not nearly as good as a mirror.

But ultimately, I think the biggest thing -- even after 2.5 years of owning the car -- is that I still find myself looking out the front passenger window, and even the rear one, to look for blind spots. So ultimately, the camera is distracting, because it just adds one more thing I have to check without really adding much (if any) confidence in making the lane change. I personally would prefer a regular mirror and a convex mirror, and that's also what I have on our TV when towing the TM.

Here is a link to a video of it in action:
https://www.hondainfocenter.com/2021...nda-LaneWatch/

Dave
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