“Safety
is our highest priority, and we are committed to protecting the most vulnerable
victims of back over accidents — our children and seniors. As a father, I can
only imagine how heart wrenching these types of accidents can be for families,
but we hope that today’s rule will serve as a significant step toward reducing
these tragic accidents.”
U.S. Transportation
Secretary Anthony Foxx speaking on the new ruling handed down by the NHTSA
(U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration) as it relates to Rear-View Cameras by Tuesday May 1st
2018
Now
the NHTSA (U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration) on Monday March 31st 2014 has decreed that as of Tuesday May 1st
2018, all vehicles will have to have rear-view Cameras installed by default as
reported in “ALL
NEW CARS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE REARVIEW CAMERAS”, published March 31,
2014 by Mike Flacy, DigitalTrends and
“US
requiring back-up cameras in cars by 2018”, published March 31, 2014 11:04
AM PDT by Wayne Cunningham, CNET News.
In
other words, no vehicle produced in that year or for that year in the United
States of America will be allowed on the road unless it has a camera kit
installed, which will add an extra US$140 to the cost of making a Motor
Vehicle. The ruling by the NHTSA targets mostly Cars, and Minivans and SUV i.e.
under 10,000 lb, but 2019 Trucks and anything over that size will also have to
have rear-view Cameras.
The
stipulation also specifies a 10-foot by 20-foot field of view, possibly via
Apple Carplay as explained in my blog article
entitled “Apple
to launch CarPlay at Geneva Auto Show in Geneva, Switzerland - Siri Voice
Assistant and Primesense bring Hands-free Remote Control Revolution to The
Grand Budapest Hotel” or other appropriate Viewing Technology, such as a
dashboard embedded Tablet.
First Steps towards
Self-Driving Cars – Jamaica Falling behind in Vehicle Regulations
The
Americans have begun the first few tentative steps towards the legalization of
Self-driving Cars. This as by adding Rear-view Cameras, it makes it easy in the
future for automobile owners to buy Self-Driving DIY (Do It Yourself) kits.
These DIY kits can be added to any car post-production along with an addition
camera and sensor kit to make the Car self-aware and thus self-driving.
Safety
is the main concern, as the stats cited by the NHTSA and the cost for the
implementation of this basic feature show:
1) 210
people are killed each year while reversing
2) 15,000
injuries each year while reversing
3) 33%
of the fatalities while reversing are children under age 5
4) 25%
of the fatalities while reversing are adults aged 70
Everything
appears to be falling into place even while the hard research is being
conducted by Google and SARTRE. I just hope that by the time they’re ready to
roll out Semi-autonomous Self-Driving Motor Vehicles, they have developed a
defense against hacking and virus attacks as predicted in my Geezam blog
article entitled “Intel’s
McAfee researches Virus attacks on All-Electric Vehicles as AI’s Project SARTRE
hits the road”.
Otherwise hacking vehicles and taking over the system and
using the vehicle’s Hard-drive to launch DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service
Attacks) as explained in my blog article
entitled “Proofpoint
says Refridgerator hacked and used to send Spam email - Internet of Things
Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines for hacker's DDOS and Spambots”, and even
using the on-board Cameras to spy on you, may become another commonplace
occurrence.
How long will Jamaica take to adopt this even as we cling to
our SUV (Sports Utility Vehicles) that are still powered by Gasoline as pointed
out in my
blog article
entitled “GOJ
buys SUV's for Ministers of Government from Toyota Jamaica - All-Electric
Vehicle Importation Support is needed from GOJ to be The Master of our Fuel
Consumption”?
Not any time soon, as the GOJ has shown no signs of remorse
as it relates to implementing tough regulation to keep out older Vehicles and
introduce Flex-Fuel Hybrid and All-Electric Vehicles into Jamaica as stated in my
blog article
entitled “Minister
of Justice Mark Golding Environmental Policy changes to Vehicle Importation -
All-Electric Vehicles and Flex-Fuel Vehicles put Used Car Dealers on The Guilt
Trip”.
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