I don’t know, maybe it’s just me but if the dust is so bad I think I would rather back off a bit and go when I can see instead of looking at a screen and driving blindly. A screen won’t tell you where a wash out or big ass rock is. The whole thing sounds kind of dumb to me but to each their own.
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I don’t know, maybe it’s just me but if the dust is so bad I think I would rather back off a bit and go when I can see instead of looking at a screen and driving blindly. A screen won’t tell you where a wash out or big ass rock is. The whole thing sounds kind of dumb to me but to each their own.
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OverlanderJK, you make a very good point - and YES, I would back off and go when i could see. But the system is far from dumb - I omitted certain bits of information which I cannot share.
A major part of what we enjoy about off-roading, trail riding, rock climbing, etc is the scenery. What would be the point of going when you can't see. This system is not about enjoying the scenery, it's about going really fast across the desert and being able to actually "see" the race course and the guy ahead of you. It's about "seeing" a "big ass" rock obscured by a bush - because they have different heat signatures. It's about "seeing" that wash at night, in the dust - because it's as if it's daylight and there is no dust. It's about searching through smoke for hot-spots of a fire, finding firefighters trapped or disoriented and finding a way out. It's as simple as driving down the road or through a neighborhood on a dark night and have a pedestrian, bicyclist, or kid on a skateboard dash out in front of you. There are other components to the system such as terrain/trail database which add to the capability.
"To each their own"? - ABSOLUTELY - but far from dumb.
If we are ever at the same trail or event, come introduce yourself - I'll take you for a demo. You can drive - quite possibly the spookiest, most uncomfortable experience you will ever have behind the wheel. For the scariest ride of your life, you can go down the freeway in the rumble seat of my 34 Ford Roadster, in heavy traffic. My wife says it's the most scared she's ever been.