Navdy: HUD for your car • Hacker News Board

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by weavie » Fri, Aug 08, 2014, 10:03 AM UTC

uptown wrote: post #197

weavie wrote: post #187

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> Law: Prohibits any person from driving a motor vehicle if a video monitor, or a video screen or any other similar device that displays a video signal is operating and is located forward of the driver's seat or is visible to the driver. Provides exceptions for emergency equipment. Statute: California Vehicle Code §2890 (West 2004) Penalties: No Penalty Specified. Really? So are Sat Navs banned in California?

There's more information here: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc27602.htm Excerpt: 27602. (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, or a television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating and is located in the motor vehicle at a point…

That makes a lot of sense!

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by tyang » Sun, Aug 10, 2014, 4:40 AM UTC

dm2 wrote: post #130

drbawb wrote: post #115

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I've long thought that it should be illegal to play any sort of siren on the radio. I can't tell you how many times I've gone into "fight or flight" mode because of some new hiphop single.

Same with an auto insurance radio commercial playing a horn, tires screeching, or even a car collision sound, how can that not be illegal.

AAMCO, Larry David

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by desireco42 » Wed, Aug 13, 2014, 12:37 AM UTC

gambiting wrote: post #170

desireco42 wrote: post #52

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Where did you see that, I didn't notice they are offering anything like that?

I test drove a BMW M6 which had it, it was amazing. I believe most high-end BMW cars have this as an option.

That is awesome, I didn't know they have that.

Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 13, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

tshile wrote: post #92

Using a HUD to read/write texts/tweets? It seems like the creators missed all the studies about the dangers of distracted driving. And pilots use HUD's so this must be safe? That would potentially hold water, if the pilots were using huds to tweet, text, and select music while landing... instead they're using huds to display important information... I like the technology, I just don't like the suggested use cases for…

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Re: Navdy: HUD for your car

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Post by agarden » Tue, Aug 19, 2014, 4:17 PM UTC

joshmlewis wrote: post #157

agarden wrote: post #127

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In the video they say that they used 40/60 beamsplitter glass. It reflects the tablet directly.

He was asking the commenter a question about his project not Navdy.

The Navdy video has no explanation of what they use. The commenter linked to a YouTube video about his project, in which they say they used 60/40 beam splitter glass.