Real - world evaluation of the effectiveness of reversing camera and parking sensor technologies in preventing
backover pedestrian injuries.
Not exact matches
Rear cameras will be required on most new vehicles starting May 1, 2018, as a way to reduce
backover crashes involving children and
pedestrians (see «Rearview camera rule aims to reduce
backover crashes,» May 29, 2014).
An Australian study of child
pedestrian backover collisions occurring between 1999 and 2009 found that males were involved in two - thirds of
backover crashes that resulted in injuries and nearly three - quarters of
backover crashes that resulted in fatalities.
The study, conducted with volunteer drivers in an empty parking lot in the Los Angeles area, indicates that cameras would help prevent more
backover crashes into
pedestrians in the vehicle's blind zone than parking sensors.