How does the widget work? The car allows itself to be opened if you are in certain proximity to it? If widget wearing is standing near the car, can a non-widget wearing person open the door? I'm so 20th century.
Since all the accidents I've had have been the result of backing into things, I probably could use a rear view camera. My most notable accident happened going up a hill on a freeway. A sports car cut between me and a truck, I got startled, my dog got excited and she managed (somehow) to throw my car into reverse. As I started to drift backward down the hill into a SUV, the driver saw me coming toward him and he had the good sense to slow down and by doing so kept us from having a terrible accident. My little Nova ended up with a crushed trunk but otherwise no one was hurt. And I'm still driving the repaired Nova. Happy ending, so as to speak.
I don't think a rear view camera would have helped in that case, now that I think about it. I'm pretty impressed you can back up into slender parking spaces. That's a trick I've never accomplished successfully.
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Date: 2008-08-22 12:01 pm (UTC)Since all the accidents I've had have been the result of backing into things, I probably could use a rear view camera. My most notable accident happened going up a hill on a freeway. A sports car cut between me and a truck, I got startled, my dog got excited and she managed (somehow) to throw my car into reverse. As I started to drift backward down the hill into a SUV, the driver saw me coming toward him and he had the good sense to slow down and by doing so kept us from having a terrible accident. My little Nova ended up with a crushed trunk but otherwise no one was hurt. And I'm still driving the repaired Nova. Happy ending, so as to speak.
I don't think a rear view camera would have helped in that case, now that I think about it. I'm pretty impressed you can back up into slender parking spaces. That's a trick I've never accomplished successfully.