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NHTSA Proposal Requires All Vehicles Have Rear-View Cameras

posted by janrinok on Wednesday April 02 2014, @03:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the so-drivers-will-look-at-a-screen-and-not-where-they-are-going dept.

weeds writes:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a proposed rule Monday requiring all new light vehicles including cars, SUVs, trucks and vans - to have "rear-view visibility systems," in effect, requiring reversing or backup cameras.

The rule which would be final in 60 days would start phasing in on May 1, 2016 models and be at 100% May 1, 2018.

NCommander adds: Fixed the headline to show that this is a proposed rule, and not that its mandated (yet).

 
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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday April 02 2014, @08:07AM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Wednesday April 02 2014, @08:07AM (#24660) Homepage

    Two days ago I was reversing rather fast and not watching the screen and the alarm picked up something behind me.

    Then maybe they should be mandating sensors, not cameras...

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  • (Score: 2) by lhsi on Wednesday April 02 2014, @12:25PM

    by lhsi (711) on Wednesday April 02 2014, @12:25PM (#24714) Journal

    Maybe they should be mandating a more stringent driving test to stop people who drive dangerously from getting a license in the first place.

    • (Score: 2) by etherscythe on Wednesday April 02 2014, @04:49PM

      by etherscythe (937) on Wednesday April 02 2014, @04:49PM (#24997) Journal

      THIS, a thousand times.

      Unfortunately, the way that roads and land zones are laid out here in the US, it's virtually impossible to live without a car unless you live in one of the few major metro areas that actually has good public transit service to both your home and your workplace. So you're going to incentivize driving without a license for those people who can't get one, and then they are completely unregulated and even more dangerous, and they're going to be everywhere (you know, like bad drivers already are). So it's pretty much unenforceable. I wish I had a good solution to this.

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