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Originally Posted by chuck92103
Night vision requires you to take you eyes off the road which is even more dangerous than not having it at all.
BMW's new night vision will be integrated with HUD like Lexus and Cadillac.
The only reason BMW's night vision is on iDrive because it was a cheap easy way to get it into the cars. But little R&D was done as the system is all off the shelf parts.
Can you imagine if the HUD display was on iDrive instead of the windshield?  |
Even if the night vision is ONLY on the iDrive screen, I'd rather have it and see it BEFORE I hit it than NOT having it at all!
Looking down on the iDrive screen is almost the same as looking at how fast you are going. The nice thing about night vision is that whatever animal or pedestrians are on the road ahead of you, they will show up as white spots on the display so they are easily identified by a quick glance at the iDrive screen. It's pretty much the same as when you look down on the iDrive screen to have a quick look at the street map.