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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Rear view cameras have been required by law for a few years now. I'm pretty sure it was a ploy by manufacturers to get a screen on every dashboard so they could sell ads.

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

The manufacturers were opposed to them being required. I think they claimed it would cost an extra $200-250 per car. But they sure won’t pass up on the ads if they think they can get away with it!

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Law where??? I still see junker cars from the 60s driving around here where I live.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

For new car sales.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

us transportation made it a law in 2014 but effective 2018 that all vehicles made after 2018 under 10000 pounds are required to have a backup screen. so any new car made in the reletive past decade will probably have one. laws for cars are not retroactive usually.

[-] dryfter@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago

Just curious if you’re aware of any laws for cars that ARE/HAVE BEEN retroactive?

Just generically I can’t really think of anything that “could be”, but I’m no mechanic or lawyer. 🤣

[-] velindora@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 months ago

Portland? Haha

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I also hate ads, but I think it was more likely to minimize how many children old people were squashing :

https://www.iihs.org/research-areas/bibliography/ref/2130

[-] stickly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

They're the manufacturers. They could just... Put a screen in anyway?

Consumers definitely want the cameras regardless of legislation. It's one of the very few decent features added to cars recently.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 2 months ago

Right? I'm driving my mom's old Element to try to sell it, and it feels so unsafe to back up without the camera.

Looking around does nothing when you're sandwiched between two massive trucks.

[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They're not wrong? It's an open secret in the business world that information is the new gold.

If something is free, you're the product.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They are wrong. The manufacturers could have put and marketed a large screen display in their cars without needing to hide behind backup cameras as an excuse.

Plus, the auto companies lobbied against being forced to install backup cameras by default.

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