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04-15-19, 01:47 PM

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1stTimeLex

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Originally Posted by lesz

What I said in my earlier post was not meant to indicate that I don't think that the 360 degree camera is a useful feature. Instead, the point of my post was that various safety/technology features should be thought of as an added level of safety protection against accidents (or convenience) and that they should not be thought of as a substitute for attentive driving and that, when people do use them as a substitute for attentive driving practices, that is when they are more likely to have accidents, do damage to their vehicles, etc.

Where we totally agree is that none of the modern features are substitutes for attentive driving habits. I view features like 360 cameras and rear collision avoidance as an additional set of eyes that make me MORE attentive. I can't tell you the number of times here in Atlanta that I've been backing out of a space next to a tall vehicle and some joker comes speeding through the parking lot as I'm backing and the system reacts a millisecond or so more quickly than I do. As a habit I still check all around me even with features like back-up cameras and blind-spot monitoring. What I haven't figured out is the need to speed through parking lots...