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18-02-2015, 07:47 PM | #61 | ||
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Here's an example of why reversing cameras should not be relied upon instead of mirrors.
I was pushing a fully loaded shopping trolley along a line of cars going back to our wagon when just as I got to the gap between the last car and the next, which happened to be a dual cab 4x4, the peanut driving suddenly started up and began backing out. In that instant I looked over at him and he had his head down looking at his centre dash as far as I could tell. I yelled at him and bashed his tailgate but he was so fixated on his reversing screen he didn't hear me till the trolley banged into the back of his car. It was only then that he actually looked up and would down the window to apologize... which I ignored and gave him a serve anyway. Yes, it was on dusk so the trolley might have been harder to spot in his camera but we were parked in the front row facing the supermarket with the supermarket lights spilling out onto the cars and the car park. If the bloke had bothered to look around and check his mirrors and bind spots before starting the car and backing out he would have seen me and possibly the car that was coming up the line as well. I think there needs to be some basic education to let people know that cameras should be used in conjunction with mirrors and looking around first, not instead of.
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