• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    1 hour ago

    Maybe this makes me sound like a jerk, but my thinking in that regard was “I don’t have children and rarely drive near other people’s loose children. Why should I pay for hardware I don’t need?”

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      28 minutes ago

      First, yes it does. Second, you’re not paying extra for it at least in the US as it’s federally mandated equipment, you can’t legally get a new car without a reverse camera.

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      49 minutes ago

      Knowing that something rolled up just behind your car can be a saver in many ways… not running over surprise debris, for one, not hitting the neighbor’s anti-cut boulder on the edge of the grass that you can’t see when looking behind you for another…