Xenoilphobe
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This isn't a UPS, box, or any other huge delivery or military vehicle. UPS drivers are also trained to not turn left, I guess Cybertruck drivers should not turn left then.
I never said to look over your shoulder as standard practice. This is practice. This is about taking technology out of the equation and learning about the size of your vehicle with your eyes and brain. To simply go from driving a car to a truck and relying on technology to get the job done is foolish. We aren't backing into loading docks here, we are parking at the store. The odds of a pedestrian using your potential parking spot as a walkway are far less than trying to reverse out of a spot where pedestrians actually are walking. If some guy buys a trailer, I would hope he actually practices and learns how to do it himself before letting the computer do it.
By your logic, we should give 6 year olds calculators to learn math instead of a pencil and paper.
Everyone should learn to drive stick as well, even if their car can drive itself. Learn stick!
Backover accidents happen about 50 times a week in the US.. http://www.kidsandcars.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Backover-fact-sheet-FINAL.pdf Usually in your own driveway.
- Statistics
According to KidsAndCars.org, at least 50 children are backed over in the U.S. every week – 48 are treated in hospital emergency rooms and 2 die. In 2015, NHTSA reported 284 fatalities and 12,000 injuries occurred to backovers.*
Thousands of children are seriously injured or killed every year because a driver backing up was not able to see them behind their vehicle. Many elderly people are also backed over by vehicles.