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Opinion: every new car should have a reversing camera, and a manual switch
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Opinion: every new car should have a reversing camera, and a manual switch

Safety features should be standard, but they should also be possible to turn off.

A reversing camera saves more bumpers than any other gadget. It should be standard on every new car.

But I also want a physical switch for the chimes and the lane nudges. A driver who has learned to trust their mirrors should not have to dig through three menus.

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