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[bronsin]

Originally Posted by SAV912

Congratulations on Lady Luck being on your side for 35 years, but that was no reason to fly off the handle at the OP the way you did. He already has the camera and intends on installing it; I doubt your perception of how the general public drives is going to make him change his mind.

-C

I ride a motorcycle and fly airplanes and have learned whatever mistakes others make to never "fly off the handle". You have precious seconds to react to a life threatening situation and anger reduces or eliminates much of that.

Also riding a motorcycle teaches you 99% of the "safety" engineering like traction control, ABS brakes, and yes, back up cameras is total BS when it comes to improving safety. They do absolutely NOTHING for you. Safety begins and ends in your head. In fact German research has determined ABS brakes actually make things worse slightly because drivers think they are superman when they have it and drive more aggressively. Backup cameras (in something like a Yaris with excellent rear visibility) dont give you anywhere near the field of view and predispose you to think "Im safe because I have a camera and cant hurt anybody".

Go back and read my post without your prejudice. If you want to prevent injury to others backing up your Yaris LOOK BEHIND YOU before backing up. That is the best way to keep from hitting something.

Ive got some more advice DONT back up whenever possible. Park so you can go forward without needing to reverse. You are much more vulnerable to not seeing another car, person, etc when you back up.

[why?]

Originally Posted by bronsin

I ride a motorcycle and fly airplanes and have learned whatever mistakes others make to never "fly off the handle". You have precious seconds to react to a life threatening situation and anger reduces or eliminates much of that.

Also riding a motorcycle teaches you 99% of the "safety" engineering like traction control, ABS brakes, and yes, back up cameras is total BS when it comes to improving safety. They do absolutely NOTHING for you. Safety begins and ends in your head. In fact German research has determined ABS brakes actually make things worse slightly because drivers think they are superman when they have it and drive more aggressively. Backup cameras (in something like a Yaris with excellent rear visibility) dont give you anywhere near the field of view and predispose you to think "Im safe because I have a camera and cant hurt anybody".

Go back and read my post without your prejudice. If you want to prevent injury to others backing up your Yaris LOOK BEHIND YOU before backing up. That is the best way to keep from hitting something.

Ive got some more advice DONT back up whenever possible. Park so you can go forward without needing to reverse. You are much more vulnerable to not seeing another car, person, etc when you back up.

wow it is like you are totally clueless. Perhaps try reading the thread instead of making totally absurd wild assumptions about people?

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Ive got some more advice DONT back up whenever possible. Park so you can go forward without needing to reverse. You are much more vulnerable to not seeing another car, person, etc when you back up.

Actually...there is some truth in this statement. Mail carriers in my town are forbidden from backing up under all situations except for dire emergencies. I had a neighbor who would park too close to my mailbox from time to time and I would not get mail on those days. I talked to the carrier about it once and he said if he tried to squeeze in it would require him to back up to get out and that was against their policy. I even called one of our local post offices one day to address some wrong mail that had been delivered and asked the supervisor about that policy and he confirmed it. Apparently the vast majority of self-accused accidents and/or property damage was attributed to backing up.