Posted on 12/11/2004 6:56:17 PM PST by LouAvul
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 120 people are killed and more than 6,000 injured each year by vehicles that back over them, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Safety advocates want NHTSA to study the issue more closely and consider a requirement that automakers include devices to warn drivers when something comes into their path as they back up.
About 20 percent of 2005 model year vehicles offer cameras or sensors mounted on the back bumpers. The sensors beep warnings, and the cameras transmit images to screens on the dashboard or rearview mirror.
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Ah! I see the wisdom in parking away from the herd.
Funny you should mention Lamborghini, I saw the uglist one in Carlsbad NM today, it was a metallic blueish/green/gold.
When we moved in October 2003 I drove the rental truck. I told wife and sons I am NOT backing up till I can see everybody in the mirrors or in front of me. Then I stationed son#1 off to the side so he could see and warn if anything else, man, beast, or otherwise was behind the truck. I don't drive a truck that often. I guess I'm a bit smarter than these do-gooders.
When I bought my Vette, I was tempted to go for yellow, but was vetoed by Karen (wife) settled for white. Great car! About the only piece of hardware that GM can produce any more. The Caddy is a close second. The rest is crap. Now I throttle Beemers. Yeah, I'm a motorhead. Built a 1964 Shelby Cobra FIA. Hobbies are fun. The only difficulty is getting your hands and nails crystal clean for a Monday appt. to make a business presentation to the Board or Steering Committee.
My '04 Navigator has the radar warning system. Some of the Nisssan and Infinity SUVs use a TV. It's really useful when backing up in a parking lot or backing up to a boat trailer and trying to make the hitch connect. In parking lots the radar works for soft objects like small children and hard objects like shopping carts. For trailering the TV is better than the radar since it gives a direct view of the hitch ball and the trailer.
Risk/reward. If cheap technology can save lives and injury - why not?
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