Yeah those cars won’t pass a safety test. One of the reasons why cars have gotten more expensive is because of safety regulations and lower fuel consumption demands. Even if you take out all the gadgets it won’t be as cheap as cars in the past.
It is the law in the US as well. Reverse cameras became mandatory in model year 2018.
Hang around any Trader Joe’s parking lot and watch for a while and you will realize that this has of course made driving less safe yet again, because moronic vehicle operators now unanimously behave as if any object not displayed on their camera’s screen does not exist.
Yeah, but visibility out of contemporary cars is complete shit nowadays, so it makes sense supplementary tech needs to cover the myriad blindspots. You can put a kindergarten in front of one of today’s high-bonnet trucks and not know anyone’s there. And that’s in front of the vehicle.
There’s a new electric truck coming from a new company called Slate later this year with that concept. Removing everything they can, even has hand crank windows.
Slate is also a Jeff Bezos venture, with the fucker himself being the major investor in it. I like the idea, but in light of that I think I’ll give it a pass.
Tbf, I hate rear cameras (much prefer decent sightlines); have had modern cars without heat before, I have jackets, and I delivered pizza in it for a living no less; and we don’t really get much snow where I live. I’d be fine.
I’m tired of corporate greed expanding because of a corporations or governments “concern” for my safety. I want freedom and opportunity, not protection. I get what you are saying though.
Safety is one thing. Crumple zones, seat belt designs… ALL of this is laudable, but it sure as heck isn’t where the costs are inflating so much.
It’s linear increase in size with exponential increase in cost, always-on telemetry, and thousands of little “value-ads” that have absolutely NOTHING to do with getting you from point A to point B.
Yeah those cars won’t pass a safety test. One of the reasons why cars have gotten more expensive is because of safety regulations and lower fuel consumption demands. Even if you take out all the gadgets it won’t be as cheap as cars in the past.
In fact, IIRC, the gadget of “reverse camera”, and therefore a screen, is mandatory for all new cars in the EU.
Even if that’s not the legislation in the US, it’s the fact of the matter here as well. No new car comes without a stupid screen in the dash
It is the law in the US as well. Reverse cameras became mandatory in model year 2018.
Hang around any Trader Joe’s parking lot and watch for a while and you will realize that this has of course made driving less safe yet again, because moronic vehicle operators now unanimously behave as if any object not displayed on their camera’s screen does not exist.
Yeah, but visibility out of contemporary cars is complete shit nowadays, so it makes sense supplementary tech needs to cover the myriad blindspots. You can put a kindergarten in front of one of today’s high-bonnet trucks and not know anyone’s there. And that’s in front of the vehicle.
You know what? I’m willing to take that risk.
TAKE OUT ALL THE GADGETS.
There’s a new electric truck coming from a new company called Slate later this year with that concept. Removing everything they can, even has hand crank windows.
Slate is also a Jeff Bezos venture, with the fucker himself being the major investor in it. I like the idea, but in light of that I think I’ll give it a pass.
Including antispin, rear view camera and heating? A friend of mine once got into veteran cars, and she needed a different one to drive during winter.
I’ve never had a car with a rearview camera and I haven’t liked them when I’ve driven them. I’ll take mirrors any day.
If it was in a car when they were still affordable in the late 90s, I’ll take it. Anything after that? Take it out.
Tbf, I hate rear cameras (much prefer decent sightlines); have had modern cars without heat before, I have jackets, and I delivered pizza in it for a living no less; and we don’t really get much snow where I live. I’d be fine.
I’m tired of corporate greed expanding because of a corporations or governments “concern” for my safety. I want freedom and opportunity, not protection. I get what you are saying though.
Safety is one thing. Crumple zones, seat belt designs… ALL of this is laudable, but it sure as heck isn’t where the costs are inflating so much.
It’s linear increase in size with exponential increase in cost, always-on telemetry, and thousands of little “value-ads” that have absolutely NOTHING to do with getting you from point A to point B.