A tilting when shifting into reverse mirror is the most convenient option.
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I am in total agreement. If you are driving your own vehicle then you should well know it boundaries. If you are hitting things then you are not safely driving!Honestly don't see the need for this type of thing and simply be more mindful of your driving/parking. It's unbelievable how many rely on backup cameras instead of actually looking in mirrors, over shoulders, etc. Yes cameras can be helpful for some instances, but humans are becoming lazier/more relaxed by the day, lmao.
Can’t you just lower your mirror and aim it at the rear tire? Many cars do this automatically when shifted into reverse. Alternative is to practice parallel parking a lot. I grew up street parking in NYC, people are amazed at my ability to parallel park without using cameras or hitting things, I’m not Fernando Alonso, just practiced a lot.
Do folks have any suggestions re putting in place some kind of curb sensor or camera... not for the front or rear of the car... but for the tires/wheels (i.e. for the side of the car)? To be sure, here, NO, I don't rash my alloy wheels. But I also have an interest in not rashing the car's sidewalls either. I can imagine that a fairly durable camera, with a small F-stop (???) / narrow field of focus that is focused centred at the rear wheel location would allow the driver to see just how close the wheel is to the curb...? Durability of same, though?
No, I will not put on curb feelers ...
What about an ultrasonic device, laterally aimed, that (similar to a rear bumper sensor) beeps with increasing frequency 'til it goes "solid" at a setable distance? Accurate enough?
Any ideas out there?
I did.... I am sure we are all heading to the day that the vehicle will do everything. Adding impact sensors and camera's is easy! My responses is because EVERYDAY some idiot I film on my dash and rear window cam does something stupid indicating to me they have no idea how to drive, how to drive the vehicle they are in and know almost nothing about the vehicle features and dimensions regarding the vehicle they are driving.I give up. You guys have not read the thread from the beginning ...
I appreciate the candor/respect. my response had some defensiveness in it, and I’d rather see folks get lifted up than beaten down.Meep. Your comment was not an unreasonable one; why did you edit/remove it?
No, I don't want to park exactly a gnat's eyebrow's width close-to but not contacting the curb... but I want to be close... I think the notion of possibly mounting a camera on the passenger mirror housing, and as another poster suggested, having the OEM back-up camera two-way switchable with the mirror-mount camera might be the ticket. I didn't know Tahoe's and the like had that feature. Thx.
You're willing to bet I know everything about my bike? Well, I've had it since Oct '93; I had to assemble it from partways knocked-down and in the crate (no instructions of course; it's Italian you know), and.......
I see you have a road bike (that isn't no lightweight mini bike) in your signature, so I am assuming you had to take a skill test? I am willing bet you know everything about your bike?
which reminds me maybe I should update my signature to include all my bikes? lol thanks!
The SmartRim looks good for my needs but the only information I can find is from when it was introduced in 2015. Does it still exist? My problem is hitting curbs and damaging my right front tire. I would like a camera that would alarm me when I'm close to such a curb.SmartRim takes sideways approach to preventing wheel damage
Few driving noises can be as deflating as that of a car wheel scraping against the curb when parking. It means you've misjudged your distance from the sidewalk and inflicted some ugly and potentially expensive damage on your wheel. The SmartRim is a device aimed making this a thing of the past.newatlas.com
I believe that link only referred to a potential start of production of that product. I don't think it made it into production.The SmartRim looks good for my needs but the only information I can find is from when it was introduced in 2015. Does it still exist? My problem is hitting curbs and damaging my right front tire. I would like a camera that would alarm me when I'm close to such a curb.
I have the front and rear parking sensors on both cars and the camera on the other. They're both still good, no problems and one is 10 years old and the other is 14. I don't worry about things going bad. If they do I'll fix it. Meanwhile I've enjoyed using them for years.I am careful when I park and have no need for curb sensors. Vehicles have too many add on doohickies the way it is without adding on another expensive camera or piece of garbage to go bad.