A system for providing front-oriented visual information to a vehicle driver comprising: a first camera and a second camera located in a left front quarter panel and a right front quarter panel of the vehicle, resp., mounted so that the cameras do not protrude from the left and right quarter panels, wherein the system is capable of displaying video of an approaching vehicle at a distance of about 15,24 m (50 feet) on one, left or right side from the cameras , and the system is capable of displaying video of an approaching vehicle at a distance of about 60,96 m (200 feet) on an opposite, right or left side from the cameras , wherein each of the cameras is equipped with a proximity and speed sensor providing location and speed data for approaching vehicles in their field of view, resp.; a speed sensor for detecting vehicle speed; a display within the vehicle for providing a driver with video feed of a scene to the right and left sides of the vehicle imaged by the cameras ; and an onboard computer for processing the detected vehicle speed and for selectively allowing the video feed of the scene to the right and left sides of the vehicle to be displayed on the display when the vehicle speed is less than a threshold speed and for deactivating displaying of the video feed when the vehicle speed reaches the threshold speed, wherein the computer is further configured to estimate an amount of time before the detected approaching vehicles on each side reach the location of the vehicle location; determine which of the detected approaching vehicles on each side reach the location of the vehicle first; and select, as a source for displaying, the camera on the same side of the car as the proximity sensor which senses the moving vehicle which is expected to reach the intersection first. a first camera and a second camera located in a left front quarter panel and a right front quarter panel of the vehicle, resp., mounted so that the cameras do not protrude from the left and right quarter panels, wherein the system is capable of displaying video of an approaching vehicle at a distance of about 15,24 m (50 feet) on one, left or right side from the cameras , and the system is capable of displaying video of an approaching vehicle at a distance of about 60,96 m (200 feet) on an opposite, right or left side from the cameras , wherein each of the cameras is equipped with a proximity and speed sensor providing location and speed data for approaching vehicles in their field of view, resp.; a speed sensor for detecting vehicle speed; a display within the vehicle for providing a driver with video feed of a scene to the right and left sides of the vehicle imaged by the cameras ; and an onboard computer for processing the detected vehicle speed and for selectively allowing the video feed of the scene to the right and left sides of the vehicle to be displayed on the display when the vehicle speed is less than a threshold speed and for deactivating displaying of the video feed when the vehicle speed reaches the threshold speed, wherein the computer is further configured to estimate an amount of time before the detected approaching vehicles on each side reach the location of the vehicle location; determine which of the detected approaching vehicles on each side reach the location of the vehicle first; and select, as a source for displaying, the camera on the same side of the car as the proximity sensor which senses the moving vehicle which is expected to reach the intersection first. <EOS>