"micky" wrote in message
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In rec.autos.tech, on Thu, 16 May 2019 04:28:06 +1000, "Rod Speed"
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"micky" wrote in message
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In rec.autos.tech, on Tue, 14 May 2019 21:45:48 -0700, Sanity Clause
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Rod Speed wrote:

micky wrote:
According to some newspaper article online, back up cameras have
cut by only 10 percent (in cars that have them) the number of
times someone backs into a person.

I imagine those 10% are happy about it.

Specially the ones that have avoided killing their little kids
who have been run over like that. I actually know one person who
managed to do that.

I would also imagine that if the radio volume was to automatically
reduce to below bleeding-ears level when backing up, the driver would
most likely be able to hear little Suzie screaming "DADDY, STOP!!!!".

That's a good point, and if there had been any small children around in
the tens of 1000's of times I've backed up over the last decade, for
example, it would apply to me. But there haven't been.

But its not feasible for the car to work out if you ever have any
little kids around

True, but I could set it myself.

That wouldn't stop you running over a visitors little
kid, or when one is running around in the carpark
after it has escaped from its minder etc.

We've just had one running around on
the pitch during a full football match.

and even if it could, doesn't cover the situation where
someone comes to visit with a little kid with them.

True.

What would be a much better approach would be to allow the
radio to back up over what you missed automatically like some
TVs do. Still kill the audio when backing but continue on as if
there had been no quiet period when not backing anymore.

That would be good. Used to be, when shopping for a
car or a lot of other things, beside looks, there were only
2 or 3 things to consider,

Yeah, I didn't even bother with a test drive when I got the Hyundai
Getz new 13 years ago now and had no regrets with it.

Currently looking for a replacement, mainly to get a fancy
advanced cruise control that is smart enough to get the
speed limit from the database that always up to date and
be able to read road signs for stuff like road repairs etc
and can't even find one that will do that, even with the
expensive end of european cars. Presumably the Tesla
does that but an electric car is no use to me.

but now the owners manual is 600 pages

And plenty don't even have the manual available
so you can read it before buying the car new and
don't always spell out the detail, particularly on
whether the fancy cruise control uses a speed limit
database. I had to ask volvo if it does and it doesn't.

and different cars work differently.

Yeah, while ever things get more fancy, there
will be a range of ways of implementing that.

Oh yeah, I'll start a new thread about one other thing.