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87 messages, Last post on Sep 11, 2007 at 12:59 PM
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Headlight washers, on the Buick (China) Park Avenue: 
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Replying to: bumpy (Apr 21, 2007 2:45 pm) I know MB has had them optional (wiper blade style) since about 1970, very common since 1986, and has had the pop-out pod like that since the W210 E-class in 1996. I don't trust those pods, to be honest...seems like something that would stop working. I've never tried the one on my car...I'm afraid it will make a mess and then not retract 
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Replying to: fintail (Apr 21, 2007 2:48 pm)  Rocky |
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Replying to: odie6l (Oct 11, 2006 6:58 pm) Read on the news today how many kids get backed over every year - by their parents/relatives, due to poor visibility while backing a minivan/SUV. Usually, a rearview camera system is bundled with other gadgets like navigation and DVD players, not really related to safety. So most people choose not to buy it, until after an accident. My question: Shouldn't the backup camera be offered as a standard safety equipment? Do we need a few more kids to die on the driveways before making it mandatory like the LATCH and car seat?
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Replying to: msindallas (Jun 23, 2007 11:03 pm) Like odie61 said, why mandate cameras that require a screen inside (are you assuming everyone has to have NAVI?). This is excusing oldfashioned job of making sure you know where all the kids are before you start your car and checking behind your car just before you get in to go back up. That's easy. Many of the accidents are caused because people don't do basic safety checks of location of everyone around and of objects beiind the car. Then when it happens it makes them feel better to say "The government should have mandated cameras or sound or infrared sensors to prevent me from backing over someone I should have checked for before I got in the car."
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 24, 2007 5:12 am) No, I didnt mean to say everyone has to have NAVI. What I want is a back-up camera with a screen (or display on mirror) and nothing else bundled with it. If you are backing up without being able to see whats behind, no way you can know if a child has walked into the spot after you hop in the car. The camera should be treated as a safety system, not luxury.
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Question of the Week - Should Technology Save Us? "Each year, dozens of children in the US die because of a regrettable, preventable error - being left in a vehicle by a distracted parent or caretaker." The Child Minder® System 
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Replying to: msindallas (Jun 24, 2007 8:54 pm) |
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Replying to: steve_ (Sep 10, 2007 4:38 pm) -Rocky |
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