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Please change the wing mirrors
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 7:00 pm
by Class234
Change to Citaro/MAN type of wing mirrors for Volvo B5LHs,E12/DDs & Volvo B9TLs for next refurbishment.
Re: Please change the wing mirrors
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:21 am
by Tan_CJ
Class234 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 7:00 pm
Change to Citaro/MAN type of wing mirrors for Volvo B5LHs,E12/DDs & Volvo B9TLs for next refurbishment.
Besides being more aesthetically pleasing, does the Citaro/MAN wing mirrors offer other benefits? Sorry, I'm ignorant here
Re: Please change the wing mirrors
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:58 pm
by Class234
Yes,More rugged than the cheapo type but of course good thing doesn’t come cheap,Electronic control type is expensive even for B9TL ones,Only the B1/B2 B9TL is manual
Re: Please change the wing mirrors
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:39 pm
by SBS34D
currently there's an SMRT MAN A22 bus on trail test using cctv camera as wing mirror. If successful, all future buses would not have anymore wing mirrors.
Re: Please change the wing mirrors
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:43 am
by Tan_CJ
SBS34D wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:39 pm
currently there's an SMRT MAN A22 bus on trail test using cctv camera as wing mirror. If successful, all future buses would not have anymore wing mirrors.
Somehow I think the camera have to have a wide field of view to actually able to replace the real mirrors. Not sure whether that is already the case now (regarding wide field of view) on the trial bus.
Also, I think it's best to have some form of backup, so if the "mirror" faces technical issues, at least the bus won't need to be declared down
Re: Please change the wing mirrors
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:29 pm
by SBS34D
probably the electronic mirrors may be integrated with the future autonomous public buses.
Re: Please change the wing mirrors
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:49 am
by Tan_CJ
SBS34D wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:29 pm
probably the electronic mirrors may be integrated with the future autonomous public buses.
Yes. But does autonomous buses need mirrors when they are driving on its' own?
But when in manual mode the mirrors are still important.
Re: Please change the wing mirrors
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:07 pm
by SBS34D
Tan_CJ wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:49 am
SBS34D wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:29 pm
probably the electronic mirrors may be integrated with the future autonomous public buses.
Yes. But does autonomous buses need mirrors when they are driving on its' own?
But when in manual mode the mirrors are still important.
Thats right. I think autonomous buses may still have manual override function at least for the first few years of service.