Garlan Garner
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My Solution to the Blind Spot Problem
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boiler81
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According to an 2017 IIHS study:
"Controlling for other factors that can affect crash risk, blind spot detection lowers the rate of all lane-change crashes by 14 percent and the rate of lane-change crashes with injuries by 23 percent."
For manual driving, there is no good justification for Tesla not having a Blind Spot Detection system as effective as the legacy manufacturers like Fiat Chrysler, GM, Honda, Mazda, Mercedes and Volvo vehicles.
"Controlling for other factors that can affect crash risk, blind spot detection lowers the rate of all lane-change crashes by 14 percent and the rate of lane-change crashes with injuries by 23 percent."
For manual driving, there is no good justification for Tesla not having a Blind Spot Detection system as effective as the legacy manufacturers like Fiat Chrysler, GM, Honda, Mazda, Mercedes and Volvo vehicles.
RayK
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Note to Elon: Have the software engineers that are working in the next series of games / Easter eggs start work on getting an audible blind spot warning system installed. I'd accept some false positives at first but if there's something actually there in the lane next to me (a car, motorcycle, truck or even a wall), I want to know about it 100% of the time.
A better visual and maybe even an audible alert is needed for blind spot monitoring.
A little red line on the screen is not good enough.
A little red line on the screen is not good enough.
Well it's a problem for me and it appears from this thread that it is a problem for others as well. If it's not a problem for you, good on you.
Garlan Garner
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Others? Tesla has sold over 500k cars. Maybe 1/100th of those people are here. Is TMC ever a proper sample size to consider something a problem?
I'm really just asking.
Wizard2416
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Have you guys tried tilting your heads a bit when looking at the mirrors?
It may do wonders for blind spots =)
It may do wonders for blind spots =)
boiler81
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1st world problem: When we don't have to tilt our head on our $30K economy car because: the mirror adjustment range accommodate 6' tall drivers, and the mirrors have blind spot warning indicator; it's hard to accept having to do this in a $60K+ luxury car.
Do people not look at their screen at all or are they doing their lane swap Cali style, moving as they put their signal on or immediately after?
The current setup works if you put it on, look and then go. Never had an issue, 15k miles, all interstate.
The current setup works if you put it on, look and then go. Never had an issue, 15k miles, all interstate.
We got the permanent solution that you'll love
. OEM replacement mirror that's not a stick- on that interferes with the view and compromises the aesthetic look.Here is the link www.sumaperformance.com
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Glad someone's solving the problem. Honestly, wide angle mirrors don't even need tint because headlights create less glare on a convex mirror. I think I'm going to hold off until I can get the proper OE solution, as I don't feel like doing a wire splice *and* losing my dimming. A bit hokey, IMO. If I could get just one side (driver's side-only) I'd probably do that to use for the short term while I wait for a proper OE mirror.
TomT
Technical Maven
I wonder if this has anything to do with the seat settings? It stands to reason that moving the seat should be helpful.
Red line when there is a car in the next lane... shouldn’t be that hard
Plug and play, no need to to splice unless getting the turn signal feature. Our blue tint reduced glare without overcompensating to make mirrors too dark at times.
fwiw i got in on the 1st batch whenever that was so i've been driving with them for at least a month i think. I'm happy with the results.
My biggest concern was installation and it was really easy. if you have a car trim remover kit it's fairly simple. the sumas don't lock in as tight as the OEMs and that concerned me at first but they haven't fallen off. What surprised me was that it gave me a slight headache when driving. i guess because there is this constant movement that I wasn't seeing before. I did get used to it after a week or so. I don't even notice the blue tint any more. I have 30% tint so i did not like the dimming feature on the OEMs.
My biggest concern was installation and it was really easy. if you have a car trim remover kit it's fairly simple. the sumas don't lock in as tight as the OEMs and that concerned me at first but they haven't fallen off. What surprised me was that it gave me a slight headache when driving. i guess because there is this constant movement that I wasn't seeing before. I did get used to it after a week or so. I don't even notice the blue tint any more. I have 30% tint so i did not like the dimming feature on the OEMs.
@substance12 it does take some time to get used to the increased field of vision. Hope you are enjoying your Suma Mirrors! no more blind spot and overcompensated/dark auto-dimmer!
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