World Monitor Mag, Digitalisation WM_June 2019 web | Page 75

cars
Peaks on mirrors
Raindrops on the mirrors can create an emergency due to poor
visibility. The same applies to snow, especially if you do not have
a heating function. Previously, wise motorists could even cut out
and create mirror "visors" from empty plastic bottles. Today, a
set of universal visors can be purchased on the Internet for a
couple thousand tenges. These visors are flexible and therefore
suitable for any car, and you can fix them with double-sided
tape – if desired, this design is easy to tear off.
Smartphone holder
It's one thing when the route is in front of your eyes, another
thing when the phone is in your hand or on your knees. Looking
down at your phone in search of the right turn, the driver
risks getting into an accident. Today, online provide universal
models of smartphone holders – they are suitable for a variety
of phones and even tablets.
Start-Charger
This device is more expensive – an average of 15,000 tenge
and more. But in cold latitudes, it is good to keep it close to the
cable. If a discharged battery in a city just upsets your plans,
then somewhere in the middle of nowhere the consequences
can be much more serious, even if it is not about an accident.
A handy portable device will charge the battery and help start
the motor.
Electronic manometer
Constant tire pressure is one of the conditions for a trouble-
free ride. Giving it the once-over with a glance or giving a
swift kick to the wheels is somehow amateurish and pulling
the hose to all four wheels at the nearest gas station is
tedious and dirty. Today, for 15-16,000 tenges, you can buy a
device with four sensors that are mounted, one on each of the
wheels, more precisely on the nipple, and then the controller
is inserted into the cigarette lighter. A small screen will report
how many atmospheres remain in each of the tires and
whether the temperature inside of them is normal.
Multitul for emergency exit
from the car
In case the accident nevertheless occurs, while everyone is alive
and relatively intact but they cannot get out of the car, it is
useful to keep such a tool in the cabin, which serves as a key-
fob the rest of the time. Inside the key-fob is a knife for cutting
seat belts and a hammer for breaking glass. A tool that is quite
useful in this and other more ‘regular’ situations as well.
Additional brake light
A significant proportion of accidents are blows from behind,
in a traffic jam, or on ordinary or express highways. Someone
brakes sharply, someone miss out, someone did not keep a
distance, or someone did not see the regular stop-signals
because the sun was too bright. If you care about the trunk
of your car, you should think about yourself and the other guy.
To make braking more noticeable and to attract the attention
of other road-users put in this dynamic brake light, which is
installed without much hassle. At first it blinks often, then it
flashes several times, then it brightly lights up evenly. A device
that’s especially fond of motorcyclists.
Circular view system
Any car has a so-called blind spot, and for an inexperienced or,
on the contrary, too self-confident driver, they are extremely
insidious. But today, almost on any car, you can put universal
kits that provide a circular view. They consist of external
cameras and a display for the cabin. Tiny lenses are mounted
in a circle in the grille, behind the license plate and in the
side mirrors. Each camera has a very wide viewing angle, so
the computer can ‘stitch’ the image into a single panoramic
picture. It is transmitted to a special monitor mounted on the
dashboard. Mastery is a skill, and such an assistant will make
any maneuver safer on a narrow street and help you to park
quickly and precisely, even if there is very little space.
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