Manchester Airport Buses

[Mayneway]

RE: Manchester Airport Buses

(07/02/2020 09:12)Solo40336 Wrote:  The usual fault with internal cameras tend to be the hard driver rather than a power feed, while the wiring for reverse cameras tend to be over "high impact" areas above the engine with excessive heat and vibrations ending up getting to them. "wingmirror cameras" wiring is completely protected internally, runs a relatively short distance and made up of light weight wire, the chances of failure compared to the other hundreds of systems that run exposed to the road/heat are Slim, and they don't fail all that often. Having worked for a company with hundreds of buses with "flank cams" fitted, effectively the same as the cameras we are discussing but operated by a switch while retaining normal mirror arms, I can't say I every saw one fail.
For a manufacture to make this change to a design that's been going since since the first motor buses, there must be a need for it. Cameras and screens will cost a lot more than a single mirror arm/head individually so there is a case that bus companies are spending excessive amounts on mirrors.

I think it will be a case of time will tell.