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.
Not exact matches
According to a systematic review of international studies of low - speed vehicle incidents involving children, boys are
more likely than girls to be injured or killed in
backover crashes.
An analysis of driveway
backovers involving children in Utah in 1998 - 2003 found that children were
more likely to be injured by a pickup truck, minivan or SUV than a car, relative to the number of registered vehicles of each type, although the difference between SUVs and cars was not significant.
An Australian review of deaths of children younger than 5 in low - speed vehicle run - over crashes, including
backovers, found that
more than 80 percent were children younger than 3.
Automatic rear braking systems might be as effective or
more effective at reducing the risk of
backover crashes than cameras or sensors, which require the driver to react appropriately.
Rear cameras show promise in preventing
backover crashes and are
more effective than parking sensors in helping drivers avoid objects behind them, new IIHS research demonstrates.