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Tourer
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Atlanta Area | Those crafty Germans are at it again... Needs a bit of tweaking though. Check out the video here: http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=21816
Edited by 1atom12 2010-07-31 11:58 AM
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Iron Butt
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Northeast Ohio | Nice! I am going to have to get one of those when they make it to the states. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | ...that ain't even right. One thing it does prove, you can have all the gadgets you want but you can't fix stupid. I'm still feeling sick... |
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Tourer
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| I guess the system does not look bothways????? Or he got a warning and assumed it was the setup car...... |
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Visionary
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Ruskin, Fl | must be a forward looking system. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | Sure makes me wanna buy one. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | ...I had nightmares about this one last night, except I wasn't riding a Vision, I was on a Harley. That was my nightmare...
Edited by varyder 2010-08-01 1:20 PM
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Iron Butt
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Richmond, Virginia | Who thinks that whole thing was faked????????????????? |
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Visionary
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San Antonio, TX | VaParadox - 2010-08-01 5:03 PM
Who thinks that whole thing was faked?????????????????
Me |
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Puddle Jumper
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Clarksville, TN / Ft Campbell, KY | I'm raising my hand. |
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Tourer
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Indianapolis, IN | VaParadox - 2010-08-01 6:03 PM Who thinks that whole thing was faked????????????????? I'm pretty sure it was a set-up, but that scene keeps repeating in my mind and I hate it! I viewed it once and that's enough.  |
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Iron Butt
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Richmond, Virginia | The more i looked at it, the more i feel it was faked. If you look at the position of the reporter, there was no way she was not watching the
truck approach. It was too close proximity for even the driver to have not seen it the whole time he was sitting on the bike with nothing to do
until she signaled him to pull out. Its as fake as Lindsay Lohans regret for what she did. and even faker then Mel Gibsons apology for
hating..............well E V E R Y O N E. |
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Cruiser
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Baltimore, Md | If you slow it down you can tell it's a fake, but it is pretty well done from a technical standpoint. I think that was Mel Gibson driving the truck. |
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Iron Butt
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Northeast Ohio | ^^^ No way... No cussing or racial slurs can be heard from the truck.  |
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Cruiser
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| Unt myne German friend keeps telling to me zat "Ya but vee almost vun de vor"
Edited by Nepper 2010-08-02 3:08 PM
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Cruiser
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Columbia, TN United States | Looks faked to me. |
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Iron Butt
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Richmond, Virginia | I found out the answer. After a lenghthy internet investigation, i was able to contact the rider of the motorcycle. He was a dummy.
Edited by VaParadox 2010-08-02 6:22 PM
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Visionary
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Had to bump this one back to the top for the new members to see. |
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Iron Butt
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New York State | Cadilac had a thermal image display in the windshield a few years back as an option. I think it would be a nice add on to the Vision |
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Cruiser
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West Knoxville TN | It was a cringer the first time around. Damn |
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | The video looks 'shopped'. Also having been in Commercial aviation maintenance for 40+ years and having some experience with HUDs, the average driver would be distracted to the point of fatality by a HUD in their helmet. If the news ahows video from an F-16 where the pilot is dealing with an engine or systems failure. 99.9999% of those watching the video will be looking @ the display and all the 'cool' stuff projected on the combiner and not seeing whats going on outside the cockpit "DAMN, where did that farm house come from, and why is my windshield full of it?'. You need to train yourself to 'see' whats going on (situational awareness) outside and be 'aware' of what the combiner is giving you for info on a semi subconcious level. Typical pilot load on approach to the field, communicate with the tower, lower landing gear, adjust decent speeds, look for other traffic, select your flare point, continuiously trim the airplane, select flaps settings and speeds, arm speed brakes and finally land 190,000# of jet going 145 knots. Inability to cotrol situational awareness is why states are enacting 'texting/ talking on the phone while driving' laws because the average yahoo can't stay focused on just driving let alone doing other things @ the same time due to ditraction by bright, shiny objects.
Edited by SYNSTR 2011-04-28 4:23 PM
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Cruiser
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| Trekwolf164 - 2011-04-28 11:18 AM
Cadilac had a thermal image display in the windshield a few years back as an option. I think it would be a nice add on to the Vision
BMW still offers thermal/infer red imaging on the car I drive (750Li) but the display is on the NAVI unit so it's not in line of sight and therefore is less distracting. It works REALLY well in foggy conditions and you really CAN see things in it that you cannot see with normal vision. Unfortunately, it means taking your eyes off the road to see the images on the NAVI but most people scan across the dash and can notice the "blips" on the NAVI and take action. In all, it works pretty well but I personally would not pay the $5K it cost for that "option" |
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