Besides your driving attitude and your vehicle’s overall health, there’s no doubt that visibility is among one of the most important things a driver should take into account when it comes to driving safety.
Whether you’re new to driving, or you’re a seasoned veteran with decades of driving experience on their belt, you’d be surprised to know that most cars have terrible visibility in the rear, with some very notable blind spots that might potentially lead to trouble.
Let’s not forget that some headlights can be problematic, and some need replacement which leads to lesser visibility. Lesser visibility can lead to accidents both major and minor, even ones that might happen near home.
If you have the option of upgrading your visibility in your vehicle, always take it.
Your most immediate aids in this are LED lights and reverse cameras, which can be easily installed in your vehicle (and in the case of our product lineup, they can be quite affordable, too!)
But before we talk about what you can do, let’s talk about some facts.
Let’s start off with the most important fact that you need to know: cars generally have a blind spot of about 13 feet. That’s enough space for a small animal, a child or even a fully grown adult to get into (possibly even two adults!).
Without seeing into anything in this massive space, you can potentially bump into anything. If you’re driving with enough speed into that blind spot, you’re risking your well-being (and a possible financial problem, too).
The most prominent blind spot in cars is that massive 13 feet of non-visibility that is immediately behind the vehicle. This is why drivers are advised against driving too close to each other, and truck drivers have put up signs on their truck’s rears saying that distance should be maintained at all times.
At the same height as your vehicle’s trunk, you’re not seeing anything at that spot and that’s potentially dangerous especially if you’re not a particularly careful driver.
Now you might say that that might be an exaggeration- surely no one really dies from getting hit mildly by another vehicle? Here are some news items from just October last year, and from 2018
These events do happen, and the worst part is that it happens to children who are caught unaware and drivers who can’t see them while they’re reversing.
As drivers both old and new, it’s our responsibility to keep roads safe not just for us, but for everyone that’s out there, and getting a reverse camera helps immensely with that.
It’s true that accident-related injuries and deaths are lessening day by day, but we can do better by investing in better visibility, along with making sure that we’re driving safe and steady.
Why are reversing cameras helpful in this case?
Reverse cameras can hook up to your vehicle’s backplate, or it can be installed at the rear side of any larger vehicle such as a truck.
It then hooks up to a display monitor, or can even show up on the feed of your vehicle’s car DVD player. They’re easy to use and mostly automatically prompt the feed directly into your car’s available display, making sure that you’re able to see what’s behind your vehicle even when reversing.
This takes away all the guesswork and lets you know if a child or a small animal has suddenly run into the path of your reversing vehicle. Alternatively, if there’s a concrete barrier or a hump or any kind of obstacle in your reversing path, you’ll know for sure, cutting down on the time it takes for you to reverse, and lets you do it in complete safety.
If you’re looking to buy some, get yours here today.
Front-facing visibility
You can’t discount the visibility that good headlights offer, either; whether in the evening when you’re driving around, or in inclement weather, good lights will make for a safer drive.
If you’d like to augment your current headlights, or if you drive a 4x4 that can be mounted with additional led light bars, we’ve got them all here at Elinz.
Miscalculation and driver error usually stems from low visibility; whether it is from the aforementioned blind spots or darkness, both can be addressed from the use of an effective lighting system that you can install on your vehicle.
We offer both led light bars and led headlights for both drivers looking to just replace their existing headlights or to further augment their visibility and luminance out on the road.
Either LED headlights or LED light bars can be used for different situations; whether for everyday driving or for off-road driving where you need a higher luminance level for your vehicle’s lighting solutions.
While quarantine rules are still in effect and night driving is severely limited at the moment, it doesn’t hurt to augment your car’s LED headlights and/or LED light bars to be ready for when lockdown restrictions are lifted.
These are worthwhile investments, to say the least, and will definitely pay for their own value when you’re out there driving safely.
There you have it - two perfect solutions to make sure that you’re driving safely through better visibility on the road. Drive safe and stay safe today with us here at Elinz!
