re: Anybody know how much a rear camera costs a car manufacturer?

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Bad idea, IMO. It takes peoples' eyes off the road. Maybe I'm just old school.

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This. People will blame the camera / manufacturer even though they didn't turn around and look before backing up. I've seen it happen already. "But there was nothing on my camera."

Ditto for those cars that "brake automatically" if they sense a car in front is too close. I've known 2 people who were in parking garages during busy exit times whose cars were equipped with this "handy" feature. They were busy checking their phones and rear-ended the cars in front. "But that auto brake system thingy failed."

Sorry, but I am against the trend of continued dumbing down and removing personal responsibility via govt mandate.