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    Door Handle Cameras or Sensors?

    I just noticed today for the first time that each exterior door handle in my ‘22 has a clear window area on the bottom edge facing down towards the road. Are these sensors or cameras for the lane departure assist? I thought that feature was monitored by the main camera in front of the rear view mirror. A friend was bragging about all the cameras his Tesla 3 had on the sides and I’d love to tell him mine also has them in the handles.

    PS - these downward facing sensor/camera windows are different than the LEDs that are on the backside of the handles.

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    Nevermind, just realized tonight that they are also LEDs. So each door handle has two. Meh

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    Yeah, that's to light the ground before opening the doors. Is it a bit of overkill? Maybe but I am sure it has been asked for by the population.
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