Government Backs Away From Mandatory Backup Cameras

Feds delayed  -again – a requirement for all new cars in the U.S. to be equipped with backup cameras, Bloomberg says.  Regulators want time until 2015 to deliberate whether it might be better to simply give better safety ratings to vehicles with the gizmo. The law had first been postponed in 2011, when the NHTSA needed time to sift through a flood of about 200 comments. The rule was then delayed a few times more. Now the agency will look more into the cost of  the rule. It is figured  at $2.7 billion "or as much as $18 million per life saved," (if, and only if, the moron that backs up without looking will now remember to look at the screen while backing up.) Gizmo-makers in the greater Shenzhen, China, area, which were to profit from the ruling, could not be reached for comment. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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