U.S. Rule Set for Cameras at Cars’ Rear

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44. It's hardly a money-making scheme

Cameras are omnipresent nowadays. It's cheap to place one in the center of the back. It would only show up on the dashboard when the car is in reverse and perhaps require the driver to press a button to OK the image before the accelerator pedal can engage.

So for example, the driver shifts to reverse. The image comes up on the dash. An "OK to go" button also pops up beneath the image. Driver looks at image, taps the button. Reverse gear is now engaged and driving is possible.

Possibly good to have one up front as well.

If you see school buses, you see all those angulated mirrors all around the bus. THAT is hack for a real problem of students mindlessly walking in front of or behind the bus and out of view of normal mirrors for the bus driver. All those extra mirrors help the driver see blind spots. I think a camera situation would be the best thing do have. But once the car is underway, the camera turns off to not distract the driver.