Requiring backup cameras has led to an increase in the amount of infotainment, which leads to an increase in distractibility within the car. I don't love regulation is what I'm trying to say. But there is no requirement yet for front-facing cameras.
The Straussian Two-Step is coming for more regulations on big trucks. He's completely right.
— Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch) (@TFL1728) July 6, 2023
This is a solution covering up the cause.. CAFE standards which legislated small trucks off the market.
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3:24. Regulators have one job and that is to create more regulation. Just as an example, requiring backup cameras on everything. Requiring backup cameras has led to an increase in the amount of infotainment, which leads to an increase in distractibility within the car. I don't love regulation is what I'm trying to say. But there is no requirement yet for front facing cameras.
I see the groundwork being laid to stir up the population to build up popular support in Congress to move regulations. In fact, there has already been a regulation created and presented at the 117th Congress, and I think what's going to happen here is I don't think this is an issue that can be swept under the rug. I don't think automakers are going to address it by themselves, and that means that we are going to see regulation and regulators requiring things to fix it. And I'm afraid it's going to fall into the least restrictive and the most restrictive. I think the least restrictive will be front-facing cameras. We are already getting them in 360° views, but I think they're going to require just like they did with backup cameras. cameras. If they're going to have a front-facing camera. So if you're stopped and you're putting it in Drive, the camera will show you if there is something directly in front of you. I think this is going to be required. I think it's honestly just a matter of time. So they're going to start requiring detection, collision detection on every single vehicle, especially at extremely low speeds for pedestrian detection like this. I don't know if we will get to what Europe has of requiring additional space between the engine and the hood, so that if somebody hits it, it gives a little more cushioning. I don't know if we're going to get there or not. But I do see them requiring additional technology to see what is in front of you in that blind spot directly under the nose, and collision detection so that you don't run over Jimmy's tricycle. Number two, and slightly more onerous, is I'm not sure that they won't pass regulation requiring certain sight lines from the driver's seat. This will force a design change with a slightly more sloping hood similar to what you had when you went from the 1970s cars to the Ford Taurus and the '90s cars, where the hood sloped and you basically could see straight down. You didn't look out over it. That's kind of like where trucks are now. I can see them making requirements for that. That's more onerous. That's telling the automakers that there's a government standard they have to meet. It's easier just to require that front-facing camera.
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