Reflection Time

Recently we purchased a large mirror off a local swap and share site and put it in the back garden.

I looked out the window this morning and there was a small robin pecking and flapping around the mirror. It was trying to engage with the robin in the reflection and obviously didn’t know what a mirror was. It was very funny to watch.

We also keep chickens who also looked at the mirror when it arrived and had a completely different take on the mirror. If our chickens could talk they would probably said at the time “yeah we know it’s our reflection in the mirror we’re not stupid “ before they then moved off to the area of garden they had targeted for trashing with their feet that day.

In car advertisements on television you often see the use of mirrors to help the advertisers show more angles of the new car that the company is trying to flog you with the advert.

Also if you are driving around country lanes you can also see yourself or car in mirrors strategically placed outside houses that their owners have can ensure they can drive out of their driveways safely.

Also I can recall various times driving past glass fronted buildings or greenhouses and looking at out car and also sometimes whilst towing the caravan in the reflection to make sure all was well. Unfortunately we have not yet aspired to owing a car that warrants lustful looks in mirrors as you drive along

Carrying on the reflection analogy I have walked past several cars including a Lamborghini Aventador that had a silver chrome mirror body wrap. This meant myself and other passerby’s could see ourselves in the car’s reflective paintwork.

From a driverless car perspective this does have an impact as it will come across its reflection at various times on its travels in situations referenced above and it will need to be programmed as to how to deal with it.

As such you will therefore need to hope that the driverless car you choose in the future has been programmed to react like the chickens rather than the robin.