MossRoad
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- Joined
- Aug 31, 2001
- Messages
- 60,250
- Location
- South Bend, Indiana (near)
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
My mother in-law has trouble looking over her shoulders due to stiffness from old age and liver transplant. She has had a Buick Encore for about a year now. It has a backup camera. She loves it. But she trusts it too much, in that she throws the thing in reverse and zooms back out our driveway. We've had to mention to her several times to slow down.It is a gigantic leap of faith. I'm ultra conservative and a bit of a control freak. I would struggle immensely. I am critical of things. Wife's car has auto dim headlights, I despise them. Auto wipers, I despise them. After driving it occasionally over the past 6-7 years I am getting somewhat comfortable with the backup camera but I'm still rubber necking all around me.
I have backup camera on my Ford Transit Connect work van. I really like it as I'm in parking lots with lots of vehicle and pedestrian traffic every day. I put the thing in reverse and the backup beeper sounds off, I count to 5 while I scan the screen, then start backing out slowly. The little lines on the screen are very accurate as to how close I am to something behind me. I still have to use the side mirrors though. It's quite a wide-angle lens and works great.
Auto adjusting wipers.... BAAAA! I hate them too!