Even though backup camera Morris County NJ can help prevent accidents, automakers and retailers warn drivers not to rely on them completely. Drivers should continue checking side and rearview mirrors, and look over their shoulder to see what's in back of them. There are certainly sometimes conditions where performance of the system might be not as optimal as in other conditions. That's one reason we've had our systems focused on being an aid.
An estimated 292 people are killed and 18,000 injured each year by drivers who back into them, usually in driveways or parking lots. Young children and elderly people are most likely to be killed in such crashes. Back over risk is increased by the large blind zones of many vehicles, which prevent drivers from seeing objects behind the rear bumper, especially objects that are low to the ground. SUVs and pickup trucks typically have the biggest blind zones, and they are involved in more back over crashes than cars.
The analysis was based on the experience of 111 volunteers using a high-volume midsize SUV, and in the earlier visibility measurements it had neither the smallest nor the largest blind zone. The purpose of the study was disguised from the volunteers, who were told they were there to evaluate the SUV's entertainment and information systems. After completing some parking maneuvres’ and tasks such as tuning the radio and reading from a navigation display, they were then told to back out of a spot and return to where they had left their personal vehicles. As they backed out, a foam cut-out of a child-size crash test dummy was put in the vehicle's backing path. In some cases, the foam dummy was stationary behind the vehicle, while in other cases it moved into the vehicle's path from the driver's side. Few of the volunteer drivers hit the object if it was moving, and neither the backup camera Morris County NJ nor the parking sensors provided a statistically significant benefit in those cases. The proportion of drivers who collided with the stationary object was 4 times as large as the proportion that collided with the moving object. Drivers with the backup camera alone had the fewest collisions with the stationary object; 56 percent of them hit it. In contrast, all the drivers who had no technology hit the stationary object, while parking sensors alone helped just 1 out of 16 drivers avoid a crash.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BEFORE BACKING YOUR VEHICLE
- First, make sure you walk behind your car to check for objects.
- Then, turn the back-up camera on by shifting your car into reverse while you’re holding your brake.
- As you’re backing, continue to check over your shoulders and use your side and rear-view mirrors to see anything the back-up camera is not capturing.
