apparently we need to relearn what "rule of law" means.
Gee, I thought that was the purpose of rear view mirrors.
here’s therationale. 200 people died by a car in reverse. they claim putting these in cars will cost $150 - so it will be more then - per car, and will save 70 people a year.
so 130 will still die for hundreds of millions of dollars spent adding thisto all newcars.
The Average American can’t Afford a New Car
A real study for safety would also have to factor in the amount of people who are killed in older cars that fail, whose drivers can't afford a new or newer car, and keep a more dangerous one on the road.
So we teach darwinism in school only to teach government “non-intelligent design” in real life daily life?
No wonder we are so screwed up as a people.
“when are the American people finally going to stop the regulation and executive order nonsense ?”
No kidding! It’s a nice feature, but if it’s a good idea (which it is) it should sell itself to the public. We just bought a new Avalanche. It is equipped with a backup camera, and it’s not only a great idea for every day backing up, it’s a godsend when you are hooking up a trailer by yourself. All that said, this is nanny state thinking. You don’t get to choose, the government does it for you. Healthcare, motorcycle helmets, all of it!
I have one in my car, but it doesn’t come on right away! Although I try to cultivate the habit of waiting for it, this is largely a losing proposition. I suppose the newer ones will initialize faster, and I should think this would be a point of the law, as long as they’re making one.
Also, even in operation, it has its drawbacks. It is very hard, cognitively, to integrate the backward screen view with the natural visual scan. When I first had it, I narrowly avoided several disasters about to be caused by fascination with the screen. There is even a warning on the screen to look around, although I never understood what it meant until I had my close calls.
All in all, I’m not so sure it’s “The Answer”.
more crap
My next vehicle will be a brand new Indian Chief Classic motorcycle.
I have a camera on a 2012 Equinox, never use it.
Travel, cheap travel, is an essential part of driving the economy, from a local walking distance economy of about a couple miles, to bicycling 20 miles or 200 miles with a car.
Just like the airbag killing fiasco and seat belts constraining people from looking around killing bikers, the government is only interested in terror and driving people out of their business by making things unsafe and expensive.
Our Honda Pilot has one and we love. We combat park in malls a lot and this makes it easy to see stuff down low that a mirror would not notice.
In todays cars your kid in the back seat could be choking or dead and you'd have to pull over and get out of the car just to actually see them. Thanks a lot EPA Fuel Mileage Mandates. You have likely killed more people in the name of ghiah or whoever your environmental goddess name is than have died from the so called dangers you claim will harm us.
Our crew trucks at work have them. They’re great, but not so much after driving in the rain.
Just another way to make it more expensive to live.
Cheap cars like the VK Bug have gone the way of the dodo.
Just like the middle class will as more and more of this crap expense is imposed on the public instead of letting the market decide.
If you are not sure whats behind you THEN DONT PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE.
A $2 back up beeper would have saved thousands of lives over the years.
I stocked up on incandescent light bulbs. Now I need to stock up on cars.
It would seem more critical to require back-up sensors: so
the sensor could automatically brake the car, if it comes too close to hitting something.