azdryheat wrote:
So, should we also take HUD's out of our fighter jets and airliners? Don't want any distracted pilots out there.
I'm all for the HUD. Corvettes and other cars have had HUD images reflected onto their windshields. I'm all for it. It would, as designed, keep my eyes on what's going on outside my car and still feed me the info I need. Seems that those that don't like HUD don't know HUD.
Anything that reflects from the INSIDE of the windshield makes it HARDER to see through that reflection.
Think of it this way, next time you have a clear sunny sky with the sun IN FRONT of the vehicle, take a good look at the bottom of your windshield.
You WILL see a very bright reflection of your dash..
You WILL have a difficult time looking through the glass past the reflection.
HUD uses the inside surface of the windshield as a mirror, doing so makes seeing through that illuminated surface many times more difficult.
Daytime might not be as bad for seeing through the glass, but night time you will end up messing with your eyesight, essentially blinding yourself..