25-11-13, 08:53 PM
(25-11-13, 07:42 PM)rustyrider link Wrote: I think I'd find it highly distracting.......
Yeah, I agree, too distracting. It's too much in the line of vision all the time. With mirrors I can look when I need to. It could be said that this does not take your eyes from the road - I would disagree. Apache helicopter pilots learn to use each eye independently and process and utilise information from each simultaneously. That is not a skill they take to training with them, it has to be learned, and not everyone can master it. Us normal folks can either be looking at where we're going, or at this "HUD". It is not a skill I would wish to learn for riding a motorcycle - the less I have to take my eyes from what's ahead, the better. Staying with the HUD analogy, this is something that crops up in discussion now and again in relation to road use. In aircraft it's one thing, but on the road there is generally a lot more going on all around in close proximity.
Even this limited rear view screen reduces forward visibility also - creates a blind spot. Helmet manufacturers are always saying how they've increased the field of vision with wider visor apertures - why then start to fill it up again with this stuff?
My personal view is that even many of the informational displays we have on both cars and bikes today are too much for the average driver/rider. It would be better if most of it was not accessible while the vehicle is in motion.