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backup cameras mandatory in all new vehicles
March 31, 2014 at
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Automakers will be required to install backup cameras in most new vehicles by May 2018, a federal agency announced Monday. [cnn.com]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized a long-awaited rule requiring all new cars, SUVs, and minivans, as well as some new small trucks and buses to carry rear visibility technology.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized a long-awaited rule requiring all new cars, SUVs, and minivans, as well as some new small trucks and buses to carry rear visibility technology.
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I'm glad we don't have required vehicle inspections here yet.
But, yea, there is a limit. The CEL on my 12 year old 200,000 mile + heap always throws something and I have to game it to get by -- every time.
I'm glad we don't have required vehicle inspections here yet.
"I think the government should have complete control over almost every aspect of my life but most people won't go for that so I just want them to keep taking little nibbles of our freedom at a pace slow enough that nobody really pays attention until it is too late."
Government is not capable of taking care of all people from cradle to grave. And government is not the answer to every stinking little problem in society. Get the government out of the way, get people away from that mentality that they need to depend on the government, and get back to people being responsible for their actions and choices.
Second, to answer your other objections about the cameras themselves, the cameras are not meant to allow you to back up by staring at the dashboard. The cameras are designed to give you another information source so you can determine if it is safe to back up. Used properly, the cameras are safe and are guaranteed to improve the safety of driving. The reason being, no matter how you adjust your mirrors, every car has a blind spot behind the trunk/hatch that you cannot see into. The camera fills that hole and does so in a way sensors can't. Sensors are more likely to have false alarms and go off for things that wouldn't pose an issue for you backing up. Since they don't reveal why they are tripped, a driver is more likely to ignore an alarm that could be real. Additionally, cameras are designed to be fisheyed, so you get a view of what's coming into your path. This is another area where mirrors can't help. I have a sedan and if I get stuck parked between two SUVs or trucks, I can't see anything coming into my path. It doesn't matter how cautious I am, I could run over someone or something.
Second, to answer your other objections about the cameras themselves, the cameras are not meant to allow you to back up by staring at the dashboard. The cameras are designed to give you another information source so you can determine if it is safe to back up. Used properly, the cameras are safe and are guaranteed to improve the safety of driving. The reason being, no matter how you adjust your mirrors, every car has a blind spot behind the trunk/hatch that you cannot see into. The camera fills that hole and does so in a way sensors can't. Sensors are more likely to have false alarms and go off for things that wouldn't pose an issue for you backing up. Since they don't reveal why they are tripped, a driver is more likely to ignore an alarm that could be real. Additionally, cameras are designed to be fisheyed, so you get a view of what's coming into your path. This is another area where mirrors can't help. I have a sedan and if I get stuck parked between two SUVs or trucks, I can't see anything coming into my path. It doesn't matter how cautious I am, I could run over someone or something.
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Maybe people should be taking better care of their children.
Driving in reverse at high speed is far easier on my neck just looking down at the screen.
Maybe people should be taking better care of their children.
If everyone just took more care driving, we wouldn't need all this safety crap right?
If everyone just took more care driving, we wouldn't need all this safety crap right?
As a matter of fact, cars disable the airbag if you have a child sitting up front, and now you're not supposed to put them up front until they're more or less "small adult" size.
And you're correct, we wouldn't need all this safety crap, but since our driving test is more or less a joke in this country...
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Maybe people should be taking better care of their children.
I don't think that's the intent. Plus, most road accidents tend to occur on the road... after you've already backed out.
How in the hell does a driver take responsibility for the raising of the children that he may or may not hit?