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This is a super-interesting transcript I ran across with some discussion re: COVID, but actually mentions backup cameras. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/83557

• dahart 5y ago
  I checked out the part out that mentions backup cameras, and it’s got misinformation contradicted by the report I already posted above. For example, the people talking claim nobody tried to analyze the benefit to people other than children, which isn’t true, and they claim the benefits of backup cams “didn’t work out”, while the report above shows the calculation isn’t expected to pay off until 2028 and isn’t expected to reach maximum benefit until around 2050, but will on the whole be a positive to the economy. “Not that many lives saved” just seems like such an awful position to take, when we’re taking about per-vehicle costs that are less than a week’s gasoline.
  • mmastrac 5y ago
    Interesting, thanks. I think the transcript was specifically calling out the low value of human lives that were used in the past. This report seems a lot more rigorous than the other investigations and articles I've seen. This is also from 2014, which means the net cost/vehicle has probably come down a fair bit (camera modules are <$5 and most cars including entry-level are shipping with screens already).