Exactly! I am moving and backing these cars with backup camera all the time and I never use them, I always use the mirrors. Some of the stores have cars crammed in tight with little room behind where they are backed in and I will sometimes look at the camera to see how many inches are left before hitting the car behind
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 28, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > All of which does nothing to make people be better drivers or, you know, > actually pay attention... > The only thing I can see a backup camera being useful for is putting a > trailer on the tow ball. > -Curt > > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Mitch Haley <mi...@mitchellhaley.com> > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 8:54 AM > Subject: [MBZ] Backup Cameras > > Yes, they're mandatory, but not just yet, and pretty much any new car designed > after 2014 includes one already. When Kaleb mentions Spark, Chevy's cheapest > car, he's probably talking about the new chassis that came out in 2016 model > year. I'd like to buy a Spark EV, and I'd like to have the camera, but the EV > was based on the old chassis and the camera was never an option. > > http://www.nhtsa.gov/About-NHTSA/Press-Releases/2014/NHTSA-Announces-Final-Rule-Requiring-Rear-Visibility-Technology > > Today's final rule requires all vehicles under 10,000 pounds, including buses > and trucks, manufactured on or after May 1, 2018, to come equipped with rear > visibility technology that expands the field of view to enable the driver of a > motor vehicle to detect areas behind the vehicle to reduce death and injury > resulting from backover incidents. The field of view must include a 10-foot by > 20-foot zone directly behind the vehicle. The system must also meet other > requirements including image size, linger time, response time, durability, and > deactivation. > > "Rear visibility requirements will save lives, and will save many families > from > the heartache suffered after these tragic incidents occur," said NHTSA Acting > Administrator David Friedman. "We're already recommending this kind of > life-saving technology through our NCAP program and encouraging consumers to > consider it when buying cars today." > > On average, there are 210 fatalities and 15,000 injuries per year caused by > backover crashes. NHTSA has found that children under 5 years old account for > 31 > percent of backover fatalities each year, and adults 70 years of age and older > account for 26 percent. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
