Blind spot sensor?

[drpete12]

I was at the dealership and they had a Rydeen blind spot system installed. It looked like a license plate bracket that had sensors point out to rear of truck and inside the truck they install little led in the A arm pillar (??? i think that is what it is called, where the windshield and the dash meet). Wondering if it works (and does it work well) and what are everyone's thoughts? Thanks again

 

[anand]

Never heard of it, but a quick google shows that the kit sells for $617; I'm sure either of the FL dealers would charge 3x that if not more.

Personally a swivel of the head works just fine instead of BSM

 

[Ovrland Bill]

I usually drive alone and without cargo piled high inside, and so have few blockages of my view from inside the vehicle. That includes the sight line directly to the rear (and somewhat to the aft sides) from the inside mirror. I then angle the door mounted side mirrors outward to fill in the lateral gaps. As long as I keep my head and eyes ‘on a swivel’ I have not had a significant ‘blind spot’ problem around the Grenadier. YMMV.

 

[holdmybeer]

Yeah, I concur. The worst blindspot in the Grenadier IMO is probably due to the A-pillars. They are thick and vertical and closer to the driver's position than farther raked out pillars typical of slanted windshields. So they block more. But then those blindspots are really only an issue when turning into crosswalks with pedestrians, which happens at slower speeds, so it's not too bad.

Anyways, help me out ... I'm old-fashioned and I've never had a blindspot monitor ... If you're still shoulderchecking and moving your upper body just a bit, then when would you expect a blindspot monitor to actually pay off?

 

[CRH]

Yeah, I concur. The worst blindspot in the Grenadier IMO is probably due to the A-pillars. They are thick and vertical and closer to the driver's position than farther raked out pillars typical of slanted windshields. So they block more. But then those blindspots are really only an issue when turning into crosswalks with pedestrians, which happens at slower speeds, so it's not too bad.

Anyways, help me out ... I'm old-fashioned and I've never had a blindspot monitor ... If you're still shoulderchecking and moving your upper body just a bit, then when would you expect a blindspot monitor to actually pay off?

People don't bother to drive properly now so car manufacturers install clever equipment to make us all safer, we then rely on it, governments then mandate, then we get more reliant (lazy), they then invent more safety stuff. Cars become more complex and expensive to buy and fix and so it goes on. Then there are the ones who turn off all the expensive equipment the second they start the car. Have you ever driven something with lane assist, not right, steering wheel tugs you back over the line or vibrates.
When you drive past a new car you may see an orange light in their side mirror, that's the inbuilt blind spot detection. Admittedly it is a help for some of the more restricted ability drivers with health issues but where do you stop. Do we really want autonomous driving vehicles 'for our own safety'. Life would be dull.

 

[drinkmorejava]

I've ordered a hudway heads up display with their camera system. It has blind spot monitoring, but i can't tell you much about it until it ships sometime in the next century.

 

[Toot]

I was at the dealership and they had a Rydeen blind spot system installed. It looked like a license plate bracket that had sensors point out to rear of truck and inside the truck they install little led in the A arm pillar (??? i think that is what it is called, where the windshield and the dash meet). Wondering if it works (and does it work well) and what are everyone's thoughts? Thanks again

Has anyone actually tried Rydeen? Seems like it would check a lot of my boxes that Wolfbox doesn’t. Namely I want a trail cam, dash cam, side cameras and a rear cam. If we’re fantasizing we could get 360 view… Don’t get me wrong the truck is fine as is with the crummy oem back up camera, but my ‘23 Yukon has cameras galore and 360 view which I love and use all the time. This is probably my one “wish list” item that I can’t easily solve for the Grenadier. I’m considering giving Rydeen a shot … just hoping someone else has gone first

 

[DaveB]

I was at the dealership and they had a Rydeen blind spot system installed. It looked like a license plate bracket that had sensors point out to rear of truck and inside the truck they install little led in the A arm pillar (??? i think that is what it is called, where the windshield and the dash meet). Wondering if it works (and does it work well) and what are everyone's thoughts? Thanks again

I don't have a blind spot so not sure why you would need it

 

[DaveB]

People don't bother to drive properly now so car manufacturers install clever equipment to make us all safer, we then rely on it, governments then mandate, then we get more reliant (lazy), they then invent more safety stuff. Cars become more complex and expensive to buy and fix and so it goes on. Then there are the ones who turn off all the expensive equipment the second they start the car. Have you ever driven something with lane assist, not right, steering wheel tugs you back over the line or vibrates.
When you drive past a new car you may see an orange light in their side mirror, that's the inbuilt blind spot detection. Admittedly it is a help for some of the more restricted ability drivers with health issues but where do you stop. Do we really want autonomous driving vehicles 'for our own safety'. Life would be dull.

I regularly hire cars for work and a couple of weeks ago had a Mazda CX 9
Constant annoying flash in the side mirrors telling me that there was a vehicle in the lane next to me.
I just kept thinking how stupid and distracting.
That is exactly how multi lane roads work.
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.
At least in the Grenadier you sit so high you can see out and easily able to look out the rear passenger windows as well to see if anything there.
I rarely ever use reversing camera as I am used to using the side mirrors and the force.

 

[Toot]

I don't have a blind spot so not sure why you would need it

I’m 6’4 and have a number of very bad blind spots - worst is if I’m at an intersection and they’re coming towards me from the passenger side, especially if the intersection is at a lower elevation or pitched down from the oncoming traffic, my head/eyes are higher than the top of the widows so it’s problematic. The second worst is the B pillar on the passenger side. I have my mirrors maxed out and seat all the way down but I’m always worried I won’t see something so end up driving like a nervous octogenarian.

 

[DaveB]

I’m 6’4 and have a number of very bad blind spots - worst is if I’m at an intersection and they’re coming towards me from the passenger side, especially if the intersection is at a lower elevation or pitched down from the oncoming traffic, my head/eyes are higher than the top of the widows so it’s problematic. The second worst is the B pillar on the passenger side. I have my mirrors maxed out and seat all the way down but I’m always worried I won’t see something so end up driving like a nervous octogenarian.

I have noticed at T intersections, particularly if they are more a Y than a T, I have to angle the vehicle so I can see oncoming traffic.
After a year I have gotten used to it.
However I am only 5'10"