Mandatory Rearview Camera rules delayed

[BMWOO7]

I love the back up cameras. I have severe back problems and can see most of everything when backing up, but at times it's hard for me to see the lower portion behind the car when backing up.

The back up camera was a great thought and great design, and I just see them improving over the years (fish-eye lens, etc...).

[ard]

I love cameras too.

Just don't think they need to be mandatory.... would I pay for one? Not as a stand alone option.

[Quicksilver]

I got an Idea: let's eliminate all laws. That way we can all do
exactly what we want to do. I've never lived in total chaos.

[ard]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

I got an Idea: let's eliminate all laws. That way we can all do
exactly what we want to do. I've never lived in total chaos.

Are you just peeved, or serious?

Not having mandatory back up cameras equates to "total chaos"?

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Penguin

I dunno. Good for child safety I guess, but I hate to think of all the people who will start backing-up using just the rear camera, and get hit by traffic from the left or right. The Law of Unintended Consequences means a lot of people will no longer look behind them with their eyes, and depend exclusively on the camera.

I agree, that is fundamentally my disagreement, that drivers will come to rely on them.

NHTSA says they can save about 100 lives per year. DoT values a life at $6 million according to Wiki. Given those figures, the cost of implementing cameras ($1.9 to $2.7 billion) is about three to four times the hurdle rate, just considering fatalities. That means it shouldn't pass.

[Quicksilver]

Neither one. I was just being facetious about people
worrying about government intrusion into our lives.
It's a backup camera, thats all it is.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

I got an Idea: let's eliminate all laws. That way we can all do
exactly what we want to do. I've never lived in total chaos.

How about we just eliminate the ones where the costs outweigh the benefits?

Then we could have prosperity and order at the same time.

[Quicksilver]

Originally Posted by ard

Are you just peeved, or serious? Not having mandatory back up cameras equates to "total chaos"?

Neither one. I was just being facetious about people
worrying about government intrusion into our lives.
It's a backup camera, thats all it is.

[Quicksilver]

Originally Posted by JCL

How about we just eliminate the ones where the costs outweigh the benefits?

Then we could have prosperity and order at the same time.

OK Where would you like to start.....

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

OK Where would you like to start.....

With the one under discussion in this thread.