The Nissan Smart Rearview Mirror puts a camera right at your fingertips so you never have to worry about your rearview being blocked by passengers or cargo in the back of your vehicle.
It will be introduced in Japan later this year and is already being recognized for its potentially positive affects on safe driving with the World Traffic Safety Symposium making the Nissan Smart Rearview Mirror a 2014 Traffic Safety Achievement Award recipient.
Instead of just a typical rearview mirror that can only be angled so far to see behind the vehicle and which can easily be blocked by rear seat passengers or cargo, the Nissan Smart Rearview Mirror can provide an image from a high resolution camera. This camera is mounted on the back of the vehicle so it can’t be blocked by interior objects. It is activated at the touch of a button mounted in the bottom of the rearview mirror which the driver can toggle back and forth between the conventional rearview mirror and the camera display at any time.
The image processing system in the LCD monitor also provides an image with minimal glare so the bright sun encountered during sunrise and sunset or even strong headlights from the vehicle behind won’t be a problem. It also will help with improved visibility of traditional blind spots.
After the initial rollout of the Nissan Smart Rearview Mirror in Japan, they plan to roll this out worldwide in the future.
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Nicole Wakelin fell in love with cars as a teenager when she got to go for a ride in a Ferrari. It was red and it was fast and that was all that mattered. Game over. She considers things a bit more carefully now, but still has a weakness for fast, beautiful cars. Nicole also writes for NerdApproved and GeekMom.
