• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Rear view cameras have been required by law for a few years now. I’m pretty sure it was a ploy by manufacturers to get a screen on every dashboard so they could sell ads.

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        2 months ago

        us transportation made it a law in 2014 but effective 2018 that all vehicles made after 2018 under 10000 pounds are required to have a backup screen. so any new car made in the reletive past decade will probably have one. laws for cars are not retroactive usually.

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          2 months ago

          Just curious if you’re aware of any laws for cars that ARE/HAVE BEEN retroactive?

          Just generically I can’t really think of anything that “could be”, but I’m no mechanic or lawyer. 🤣

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            2 months ago

            Maybe around car alarms?

            The after market ones are awful, but car theft in the early 2000s was also way higher (like 2x) than anything we’ve seen since.