In the mid-1960s, the Plymouth Belvedere became an iconic police vehicle, stamped into the popular culture by television shows like "Adam-12," where the whole world, at least in early episodes, was seen from behind the windshield of one.
I think it's penetration of the land, and that begins by going more slowly, by listening, and by getting out from behind the windshield and looking and doing.
Most noticeable in the changes to the cars will be a strip of metal, not much more than an inch-and-a-half-thick, which has been affixed to the roof of each car, just behind the windshield.
Lane warning/keeping systems are based on video sensors (mounted behind the windshield), or laser sensors (mounted on the front of the vehicle), or infrared sensors (mounted either behind the windshield).
These systems use different perspectives to tackle the crosswalk classification problem: satellite imagery, cockpit view (from the top of a car or behind the windshield), and pedestrian perspective.
Three optical cameras on the Fusion's Roof racks, a front-facing camera behind the windshield, short-and long-range radar complete the picture the car sees, which is used together using the onboard computing power.
That doesn't mean these cars are running blind; Hyundai's vehicles include four optical cameras behind the windshield, front- and side-facing LiDAR units, front mid- and long-range radars and rear-facing radars, too.
