This is a relatively minor regulation that is arguably within the Commerce Clause enumeration as a general safety regulation for goods that are actually intended to be both sold and then used in interstate commerce.
Frankly I wish all my vehicles had one of these installed. I recently backed into a new Volvo SUV and took out his tailight. My insurance went up over $3000 over the next 3 years. This device will not only save someone’s life, but could save millions of people a lot of money on their car insurance.
We have bigger fish to fry. Most new cars already come with these as standard equipment anyway. I won’t buy a new car that doesn’t have one and if I were to buy a used car, I would want to make sure it had one.
And the next time you back over your dog or child or grandchild, you may wish you had one.
Fine, you want one, then find a car with one, don’t force everyone else to have to buy one.
For years how have the great majority of people avoided running over or running into anything? I guess looking and being cautious aren’t enough for those who love government interference in their lives.
If you like them then you should definitely be able to have one on any car you buy.
I do not like them and I do not want one.
I respect your right to choose whether to have an expensive additional maintenance hassle on your car - why don’t you respect my right to choose not to have it on mine?
The real proble with these cameras is that they provide a very narrow field of vision, and even possible improvements like putting wide angle fisheye lenses in them will only provide marginal improvements.
We had a rental car for two weeks with one. It’s very easy to become trusting of and addicted to the convienience of it to the exclusion of other options (physically turning your body around, using the rear views when backing), creating an even more dangerous situation because you’re paying attention to what is directly behind you and arent paying attention to things that might be approaching (rapidly) perpendicularly/from the side.
For predictable results, see the scene in Office Space where Tom, in a carbon monoxide haze, backs his car out onto the street and immediately gets t-boned by a pickup truck at speed. That almost happened to us, twice, when we had the camera equipped rental mentioned above.
“And the next time you back over your dog or child or grandchild, you may wish you had one.”
Or...you could just practice good driving skills and forego all that death and destruction stuff.
So you consider a potential $7.8 billion a year is unimportant.
Frankly I wish all my vehicles had one of these installed.
That is your option. You can buy them and have them retrofitted Put your money where your mouth is. Making everyone pay is a total waste of money.
And the next time you back over your dog or child or grandchild, you may wish you had one.
My first response to your obnoxious and stupid comment I won't print. However, you apparently didn't understand the math and frankly I don't think I can make it any more simple for those who are hard of understanding.
So because you're a lousy driver who backs up into other people's cars, you think forcing everyone to pay for rear-view camera's is a good idea?
I have a better idea: I'll take up a collection for you to take driving lessons so you learn to look before you backup instead. As for you, keep your damn' hands out of my wallet.
I`ve always thought backing up is dangerous.
Only two wrecks I ever had was backing..just
denting wrecks.Thank God not people back there.
Got one on the Ford truck..great for hooking
up to the bass boat.No more dented license plate.