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This one confuses me. What's so safe about rear cameras? I guess if a little kid (or other very short person) is standing behind your car when you're reversing,
by bo1024 9y ago
This one confuses me. What's so safe about rear cameras? I guess if a little kid (or other very short person) is standing behind your car when you're reversing, but that's a failure of common-sense safety measures already.
- ben1040 9y agoLittle kids don't observe common-sense safety measures, and can dart out behind a car before a parent even realizes what's happening. Also the cameras usually have fairly wide-angle lenses. In situations like backing out of a spot in a parking lot, the camera often can spot vehicles or pedestrians that you otherwise would not see if you were just looking out your rear window.
- stordoff 9y agoWider field of view with fewer blind spots (because it's at the back of the car, not trying to look past the structure of the car from the front). I'd also wonder if people are more likely to do a thorough check if its easier.
- srmn 9y agoNewer cars have very poor visibility to the rear and sides of the car due to rollover safety requirements, the rear view camera gives you back most of the visibility you had before the new safety requirements were enacted.