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Also add that it is way harder to see out of the rear windshield in newer cars. IMO a back up camera is essential and the top-down view some newer cars is prett
by sand500 9y ago
Also add that it is way harder to see out of the rear windshield in newer cars. IMO a back up camera is essential and the top-down view some newer cars is pretty nice.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoThe high beltline fad is ridiculous for what it does to visibility but a rear view mirror isn't absolutely necessary. Trucks manage fine with a fully obstructed view.
- sand500 9y agoOther than backing up into the trailer or a loading dock, I wouldn't think trucks have to back up often and even in those two cases, there hopefully isn't a lot of pedestrian traffic around. Now a neighborhood driveway or Walmart parking lot, even the rear view mirror in a older car isn't good enough for me.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoPlenty of utility vans and pickups with service bodies have no rear visibility. They back up all the time.
- s0rce 9y agoBack up camera is super handy to hitch up a trailer on a pickup/truck.
- toast0 9y agoTrucks usually have bigger mirrors; modern cars have pretty tiny mirrors for aerodynamics (I guess some classic cars just had tiny mirrors cause they looked cool, though). The modern fake overhead view built from multiple cameras is pretty useful.
- sundvor 9y agoYep. Just ask all the kids who get backed over in driveways. Sad to read another story every month or so, and that's just in Australia. :( Ought to be mandatory equipment, along with reverse sensors. The latter have the advantage of working passively (your hearing doesn't need active focus).
- foobar1962 9y agoVery few deaths like this in Australia. Those few deaths are almost always with huge 4WD urban assault vehicles. More common are kids drowning in backyard swimming pools.