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Backup cameras The good Backup cameras have been on our radar for some time now. We appreciate the look behind us when in reverse: they help us park, keep us from hitting someone or something from behind, etc. The bad However, since April first, there have been eight separate recalls for failing backup cameras, and …
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Technology as an annoyance Almost as a exclamation point on yesterday’s post on added technology as an annoyance in the home and the car, my primary laptop just plain died a few hours later. So, I now find myself re-creating my computer workspace on a new machine, while waiting for an adapter to help with …
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Safety By Design No, aliens have not landed! The image is a Pedestrian Detection Systems indicator symbol. It is associated with a new system now being deployed. What looks for all the world like energy beams emanating from a humanoid’s hands are actually meant to be lane lines the human(oid) is standing in. But this …
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NHTSA piles on the recalls
Recalls I missed three days of tracking traffic on X and getting caught up wound up reposting a full 24 recalls from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Today found another six, including another air bag recall, this time from Mazda. What initially got our attention were three back-up camera recalls. These devices have …
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