Strategy Analytics reports the market for automotive blindspot monitoring systems will grow to nearly 4 million units by 2012 as consumers seek better vehicular safety features, while manufacturers strive to offer compelling, differentiated products. Strategy Analytics forecasts show that safety systems will provide the greatest growth in automotive electronic system dollar demand. The Leftlane Perspective: It will be interesting to see how companies market blindspot warning systems. While they may be intended as an emergency warning system rather than a replacement for looking over one’s shoulder, countless drivers will surely view it as replacement, rather than a supplement. It will be interesting to see the legal issues that arise when something goes wrong.
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01/12, 5:14 AM
posted by:
Aaron
I’ve had a blind-spot monitor for YEARS and really think it’s the greatest thing EVER. My blind-spot monitor has never let me down in a pinch and i can even take it with me when i leave the car. Come to think of it, I was born with my blind-spot monitor. It’s my head.
But, seriously, how stinking hard is it to turn your head, use your mirrors, actually DRIVE the car in today’s society? People are being coddled into a false sense of security and it’s going to bite them on the bumper. What’s going to happen the day there’s a massive failure in someone’s safety system? I think the 11 JAN article ‘Today’s drivers suffer without high-tech systems’ answered that for all of us.
I, for one, do not look forward to driving with these goons on the roads here in the US. It’s bad enough already.
01/12, 10:30 AM
posted by:
a
And what happens to motorcycles, bycicles and pedestrians?