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While Back-Up Cameras Help Drivers See Behind Vehicles, They Aren’t Foolproof
Back-up cameras help drivers to see things behind the bumper that we normally wouldn’t, but are we relying too heavily on them? By checking your rear and side view mirrors, you would hope to see something sitting in your driveway, especially if it’s a good 10 to 20 feet behind you. But did you know the blind spot behind your car is so big an entire busload of children could fit behind?
Backup Cameras Save Lives — the RAA Would Endanger Them
Cameron Gulbransen was accidentally killed at age two after being run over by an automobile without a backup camera.
Brake Shift Interlock Device Could Have Saved Life of Virginia Toddler
A device as cheap as $9 could have saved the life of a Greene County, Virginia toddler earlier this week. On Monday, a 25 year old mother of three was washing her 2002 Ford Explorer in the family’s driveway, while her two older children, ages 3 and 5 sat inside the parked vehicle. Her 18 month old daughter, Aeayla Camacho toddled outside following her mother as she performed this chore. Suddenly, the vehicle began to roll backwards and the mother scrambled to get her toddler out of the way. Despite injuring herself, her efforts to save her daughter were in vain. The vehicle crushed the toddler. Little Aeayla died in her driveway.
What You Need to Know About Backup Cameras
Backup cameras are more than just a cool feature: They can be lifesavers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is making those cameras mandatory, and for good reason: The agency wants to help prevent the 210 fatalities and 15,000 injuries caused each year by backover crashes.
How large is the blind zone behind your vehicle?
Back up cameras won't simply be an option on vehicles by 2018. Families who've lost loved ones in back over accidents pushed for the law requiring them in all new cars.
