NHTSA released a study on vehicle backover avoidance technology (i.e., bumper-mounted sonar sensors and rearview camera systems integrated into navigation interfaces) this week. It's a 65-page pdf tome, but of course there's an executive summary for those who don't want to plow through. It's more than a study really, as the report makes recommendations to Congress for dealing with the problem of larger trucks and SUVs (as well as cars with poor rear visibility) hitting small children while backing up -- the cause of at least 183 fatalities annually and approximately 7,000 injuries. Some of the more interesting points:
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