I'd imagine there were luddites 100 years ago questioning why people needed mirrors on their cars. Heck is it that hard to turn your head and look?@!
hah hah very funny. I will do you the courtesy of believing that you are not referring to me as a luddite and ignore it. That being said, surely you are aware that the single greatest cause of automobile accidents involving death (including backing up) is DISTRACTED DRIVING?
There is plenty of evidence that increasing the magnitude of technology in vehicles (short of fully automating operations) will do little or nothing to ameliorate that central element, because it involves human nature, which does not change much from year-to-year, decade-to-decade or with applications of fancy technology.
Give people an excuse to allow themselves to be distracted and they will grab it with both hands and not let go. And that is no joke for the people killed in auto accidents.
If the government really wanted to save innocent lives, they'd do away with CAFE standards, which have resulted in roughly 10, 000 extra vehicle deaths annually for many years. Notwithstanding, bowing to the ecoparanoids who claim that they are "saving the planet from global warming", the ever-ready-to-pander politicians and auto-industry are set to increase gas mileage requirements even more, which will doubtless cause even more innocent lives to be lost. Not important when there is political capital to be raised and profits to be harvested from a gullible public.