If Art Lebedev was the minister of transportation, he’d like to see semi-trucks fitted with 2 LCD display screens on the rear doors and a digital camera mounted on the front of the truck. His concept idea is known as Transparentius and it’s his vision of road safety. Picture this, flying down the highway making good time, only to find yourself behind a slow moving truck. You’d like to pass the truck but are unable to see what lies ahead.

With Transparentius, the front mounted digital camera will relay road information that will be shown on the rear LCD screens. This way you always know what is ahead of the truck in front of you. This isn’t the first time that Lebedev has played around with screen technology as an earlier idea of his was the Optimus Maximus keyboard which was a keyboard that featured a digital screen on each key.

Lebedev does have a good idea but there are some things he’s going to have to work on before this ever saw the light of day. First is cost, what would this system cost to fit onto a truck? Then there’s the concern truck drivers may have about the fragility of the display screens considering that they will be loading and unloading gear from the rear of the truck which could possibly damage the system.

It’s unlikely we’ll see this system any time soon on our local roads and highways, I still think simple ideas are sometimes the best.

Via: Coolest Gadgets, DVICE