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Even though they install backup cameras dumb arse's are still going to back into & over things. Stability control has been mandated & is already on many cars. Folks still lose control & crash them. TPMS is on cars now. Folks still drive with under-inflated tires. I guess what I am saying is you can't fix stupid. ut:

 

I absolutely love the rear camera on my R52.

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That said, I don't need a rear camera, and obviously almost all other R52 owners have done fine without one (even with the bad rear visibility, top up or down). There are effective ways to improve backup safety without requiring a rear camera.
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It's amazing what you find when looking for something completely different, isn't it?

See attachment - Science and Mechanics, July-August 1940!

There ain't nuthin' new.

 

Ahhhhh.......
You're subscriptions are taking way to long in getting to you. Sometime (not soon) you'll read about something called the interwebz.

 

Interesting. Also political. But I will say they have their place.

I just purchased a cheapy unit that wires to the reverse tail light for under $60 on sale at the parts store.

I did it because last year I had disc fusion surgery on my neck which limits my range of movement. This helps me see what is back there.

It DOES NOT provide me with any
Proximity relationship. Am I 2 ft or 10 ft away? Just stop the car and get out, there is an object behind you.

For pedestrian safety, kids, I think this in concert with proximity sensors is quite helpful.

None of this addresses who is going to pay. Not sure we can ever solve that issue when it comes to these things. Heck I still have friends that won't buckle up. They drive all day with that darned dinger bell going off.

Go figure.

 

I think it will be helpful for some. Others will let the camera lens accumulate road carp & never see out of it again. Ever notice how people can't be bothered to clean there windows? If there is frost or snow lots of folks just make a peep hole & drive on oblivious to who or what is around them.

 

How about designing cars you can see out the back of instead?

 

If drivers aren't aware of what is behind them before backing up now, who's to say they will actually look at the back up camera screen then....?

Had a customer just the other day in a brand new Lexus with a back up camera, back right across our parking lot and into the only other vehicle on that side of the lot....

 

Some people need shoulder-check cameras too. I got cut off again today - had to hit the brakes hard enough to engage the ABS.:mad5: It was a veeery close call.

 

LOL, don't think so...she blamed it on a brain fart.

 

Good point.

So, we wait to see which is more to our liking; the altruism of big industry or big government.

"I've been Ayn Randed nearly branded a Commun...well...never mind."

 

:cornut: I believe the comedian Ron(?) White said it best:" You can't fix(or legislate)Stupid!

Jason

 

If you want to scroll back a page or two, I posted that very youtube clip.

 

really is a stupis idea! Yes-Stupid

Now the idiot driving can just back up looking at a stupid 4 or 5 inch screen instead of actually turning their stupid head and looking where they are backing.

Just when I think I have seen stupid stuff the idiot's make car manufactures put on the new cars they always seem to top themselves with just plain stupid crap.

If they really want safety they need to put the knobs back on the dash to control things without having to take the drivers eye's off the road while driving. The TV screen belongs in a living room and not a car.

I'll probably keep my 2009 factory JCW forever because at least I can see the speedometer without looking at a TV screen.

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:cornut: Well that'll teach me to keep abreast of happenings around here.:lol::lol::lol:

Jason