Government mandates rear camera

Sales are more in the 10-13 million a year range.

It is not just the lives you save, but the dents you prevent. I have a camera and "sonar". Damn good stuff.

Once in a while I will be backing out and the sonar goes off because some asshat decided to zoom past me as I'm moving.

The planet is over-populated as it is. So, if the back-up camera comes with a targeting graticule, then I'm all for it. :)

I'm sure this idea has plenty of unintended consequences. For example, how many veterinarians will this put out of work for fewer folks running over Fido? Will the cameras be operational in drive? Will this add to distracted driving. Will camera encourage young drivers to drive everywhere in reverse? Will objects in camera be any closer than they appear?

=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0...Jim Thompson

True, but then, only a minority of children are run over by a car in reverse to begin with...

Forget the back-up cam - They SHOULD put a camera on the dashboard - facing the driver.!! Only then we will really see the stupid things people do while driving:

Texting, reading books or magazines, applying makeup, eating lunch, watching DVD's, etc...

And the fatalities usually result in death.

Depends on November - it could be a lot less.

Absolutely! Since very few people pay taxes and the government is printing money like there was no tomorrow, this mandate converts some of that funny money into real products!

Just re-aim your rear window washer nozzle to spray anyone stupid enough to loiter behind a starting car.

-- Paul Hovnanian mailto: snipped-for-privacy@Hovnanian.com

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The problem with the screen, it should still make you look back. You get two views.

Greg

For the winter, I let my beard grow out. Weird looking guy with long white beard carrying an 8 Lb sledge in a parking lot would definitely be among the list of usual suspects. It's past the season where folks say "Santa?"

You never know. One of my more enjoyable moments: In the grocery store wandering around, at Christmas time, a little black kid points at me and says, "Ho! Ho! Ho!"

(I do look like Santa if I don't keep it cut back ;-) ...Jim Thompson

Take a look at the 'People of Walmart' website and tell me that you would look out of place. :)

The cameras only work in reverse. I wish I could hack mine and make it work in drive.

Mine has a graticule to aid in getting close enough to the curb when parallel parking.

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How hard can it be? The camera is connected to the backup lights for control. Find that wire and connect it to a 12 volt circuit controlled by the ignition switch. There should be an auxiliary circuit in the fuse block, or the radio circuit could be used.

That's not how they work. There's a uP that chooses from a variety of sources to the dash display, in my car: navigation, Sirius, FM, AM, CD, tape, heating/cooling, mileage computer, low tire, maintenance warnings, set-ups for everything (voice, brightness, contrast, etc.)... I'm sure I missed something; and I can choose something else while backing... which is unsafe, but it works that way. ...Jim Thompson

Mine works as described, and so did the one on my dad's motorhome. In fact, the power wire ran directly to a backup light. Mine was aftermarket, though. You can buy them dirt chaep on Ebay these days

I wish mine could be configured that way... so I could watch for closing cop cars ;-) ...Jim Thompson