• Aqarius@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    In fact, IIRC, the gadget of “reverse camera”, and therefore a screen, is mandatory for all new cars in the EU.

    • Final Remix@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      Yeah, but visibility out of contemporary cars is complete shit nowadays, so it makes sense supplementary tech needs to cover the myriad blindspots. You can put a kindergarten in front of one of today’s high-bonnet trucks and not know anyone’s there. And that’s in front of the vehicle.

    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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      22 hours ago

      Even if that’s not the legislation in the US, it’s the fact of the matter here as well. No new car comes without a stupid screen in the dash

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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        12 hours ago

        It is the law in the US as well. Reverse cameras became mandatory in model year 2018.

        Hang around any Trader Joe’s parking lot and watch for a while and you will realize that this has of course made driving less safe yet again, because moronic vehicle operators now unanimously behave as if any object not displayed on their camera’s screen does not exist.