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I think this is a great idea (working as a designer of vehicle safety systems). I see this as an effective idea with little downside.
About 300-400 people are killed every year (mostly small children) from backovers. The average car has around a 15 ft blind spot directly behind it (up to 30 ft+ for SUVs and pickup trucks). Without a backup camera, this area cannot be seen by just looking backwards. Today's Rear-view camera and pedestrian detection technology is not very expensive and very reliable. Most vehicles with these systems combine vision (cameras) and radar (object sensing) which provides the audible warning when you are getting too close to an object. The combination has been proven to be much better than either alone.
I must be wasting my time spending hours and hours teaching my teen how to back up safely.
Is it good to know how to backup safely? Of course, but it's not sufficient.
Every passenger vehicle has a blind-spot directly in back of the vehicle, even subcompacts have around a 15' blindspot, with SUVs more than 30'. You will not be able to see an object that is within this zone, no matter how careful you are. This is where the camera/radar systems come in. Even if your teen is doing everything right, it could be the other person, an animal, a toddler who is not paying attention and is in this zone cannot be seen in the rear-view mirror - but the system picks it up.
If People took responsibility for themselves as opposed to pointing
fingers for their mistakes this would not be an issue
How long does it take to walk to a vehicle or peek
around the back, sadly accidents will happen but to
make this mandatory is just encouraging more of the
same irresponsibility. What will someone say when they
back over someone in a vehicle equipped with a back
up camera
Vehicles today are more comfortable then some people's
living rooms and the attitude of many drivers is point and
steer if they are going forward or backwards it's no difference to them
All of this mandatory "safety" crap just dances around the actual problem, drivers not paying attention, giving unsafe drivers one more thing to ignore isn't going to accomplish anything.
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