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I'm glad. My automotive industry friends, especially those that are parents have really really wanted this. I don't understand the response "to make sure peopl
by brohoolio 13y ago
I'm glad. My automotive industry friends, especially those that are parents have really really wanted this.
I don't understand the response "to make sure people are responsibly operating their vehicle." Have you met people?
Newer cars are kind of a pain in the butt to see out of the back. Why? Because of the roof strength requirements. The columns supporting the roof are bigger, limiting visibility.
Maybe we should make sure that people are responsibly operating their vehicle and not flip over their cars. Except that the whole point of safety is to prepare for the unexpected, to engineer to make sure people can walk away from a crash. Just last week someone rolled over right in front of me, it wasn't her fault, someone turned in front of her and hit the front of her car funny and she swerved flipping over.
She got out of the car scared, but not hurt. Because of those pillars. Those pillars make it harder to see kids running around behind your car. The camera addresses that issue, which wasn't as much of a problem in the past when that woman would likely be a pancake because her car rolled.
People are crazy, especially the guy turning out into oncoming traffic and you can't fix that as easily as you can installing a camera into a car.
- dingaling 13y ago>Newer cars are kind of a pain in the butt to see out of the back. Why? Because of the roof strength requirements. Partly, but mainly because of what the designers like to call 'high waistline' which gives the shape 'energy and aggression'. There is no reason a Ford Focus should have a tiny rear window mounted high at 40 degrees inclination other than style. Plus adhesive attachment of windows cuts a further ~10% of the glass area. I saw a 1990s Volvo 740 yesterday: absolutely enormous slab windows gasket-mounted into the frame.