Mounted right out at the front of the bonnet is a mirror at roughly a 45 degree angle. This will give you a better view of oncoming traffic when coming out of a side street or driveway when parked cars, bushes, garbage bins, etc obscure the view from the driver's seat.
Optionally, this could pop up from a retracted postion, and have a control in the dash for the exact angle.-- BunsenHoneydew, Aug 24 2003 bit like this http://www.halfbake.../idea/Nose_20Camerabest wishes to drew wherever he is BTW [po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] or this? http://www.halfbake...t_20Face_20Forwards [JKew, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004] How about a videocamera on the hood and LCD screen on the dash?-- grip, Aug 24 2003 It's called a "crossover mirror", and is very baked. Mandatory equipment on school buses most places that I know of.-- lurch, Aug 24 2003 How about a giant motorized mirror that I can use to reflect sunlight back into tailgaters' eyes?-- DeathNinja, Aug 24 2003 /How about a giant motorized mirror that I can use to reflect sunlight back into tailgaters' eyes?//
I'd croissant that!-- FloridaManatee, Aug 24 2003 [UB] Perhaps a giant HeNe laser as the add-on pack.-- DeathNinja, Aug 24 2003 I had the same idea which I called sideview mirror, with the additional feature that it would fold down flat when the car was moving, and rise when the car was stopped with the motor running.-- macrumpton, Jun 18 2004 random, halfbakery