SirPwn4lot
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Well that makes too much sense. Actually having to look in the mirrors AND turn and twist your body for an entire 1-2 seconds to look behind your vehicle before proceeding backwards!! The OURTRAGE at having to do something like that. Here's a better option:
Put a camera and an 8 inch drop down screen which pops out each time the car is put in reverse. The car will not move until the camera shows what's behind you and the operator presses an "acknowledge" button on the screen, which sends a signal to a sattelite that gives the vehicle a pass code which then allows the car to go to the next step. This is a loud beeping sound which we've all heard on large trucks and vehicles. Then the next step is for the driver to take press a button on the dashboard, which activates a small air horn that was installed into the vehicle by the manufacturer which sounds 3 times, at 1 second intervals. Once that is completed, the car is allowed to move backwards at a maximum of 1/2 mile per hour for up to 200 feet. A sensor is also installed in the rear of the vehicle such that, if any movement crosses the path of the sensor, the vehicle automatically stops, and the process must then be started from the beginning.
That will save 300 lives 100% of the time but would only be put into effect if people were REALLY concerned about those 300 lives. Just putting a camera in doesn't do squat.
I'm starting to come around to you on this issue, although the issue isn't being able to look around, especially in large cars there is an obvious blind spot immediately behind the vehicle that the driver cannot view by "twisting their body around and looking for 1-2 seconds".
I'd still strongly encourage people to get such cameras installed, but perhaps the best way to do this is through strong support and more informative safety ratings that are easy for the consumer to find, rather than a mandate.
Maybe people should give feedback at that link I posted a few pages back.