What should I do with a car that has not been installed with the rear camera of the car? --Car information magazine "Best Car"

"Partial revision of safety standards for road transport vehicles" announced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on April 1, 2021. There are several items related to the revision, but the one that I paid attention to was the mandatory installation of the "immediately after vehicle confirmation device when reversing".

What is the specific content of the actual legislation? And I will briefly explain what to do for those who have been in the car so far.Sentence / Masahiro Takayama, Photo / Best Car Editorial Department, Data System

[Image gallery] Mandatory installation due to law revision! Check backwards with a back camera to prevent hiyari hats

■ "Hiyari hat" at the time of retreat that everyone experiences

First of all, the above-mentioned "reverse vehicle immediate confirmation device" is described as "back camera, detection system or mirror" in the materials of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. This time, it is referred to as a back camera with an emphasis on clarity.

In fact, accidents during retreat are more and more serious than we imagine. From the published data, it is overwhelmingly pedestrians involved in accidents, as opposed to vehicles retreating. Also, the speed is less than 10km / h, and more often around 5km / h.

What should I do with a car that has not been installed with the rear camera of the car? --Car information magazine

Especially when it comes to pedestrians, accidents in the parking lot are overwhelming. In many cases, accidents have occurred due to neglecting to check the rear at convenience stores, supermarkets, and large parking lots such as large shopping malls.

自動車の後方カメラ、装着義務化へ未装着のクルマはどうすればいい？ - 自動車情報誌「ベストカー」

Haven't you been "relieved" by reading this far? Of course, the ages of the victims, such as pedestrians, bicycles, and those who were riding motorcycles, cannot be ignored, but it can be expected that if they continued to retreat, it would have been a catastrophe.

■ To briefly explain this revision of the law

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the aim is to further strengthen safety measures against accidents that occur when automobiles retreat, and to revise the standards due to their adoption at the United Nations World Forum for Harmonization of Automotive Standards (WP29). Thing.

After soliciting public comments between April 1st and May 1st, 2021, some revisions to security standards were made on June 9th.

The specific requirements are as shown in the figure, but the point is to reduce accidents by reducing the "blind spot" at the time of retreat, which was conventionally confirmed by direct vision or a mirror.

Considering the safety of 360 degrees, not only the rear (back) but also the front and side cameras and sensors are being actively installed in recent cars.

As for the back camera this time, there is also a car equipped with a function that can detect moving objects such as people and bicycles that have entered the area, as well as simply projecting the rear.

Specifically, the "MOD" installed in Nissan vehicles corresponds to this. MOD is an abbreviation of "Moving Object Detection" and calls attention to the driver by using not only the camera but also sensors depending on the model.

In particular, when a moving object enters the area, the characters "MOD" are displayed for the object on the display such as the navigation system at the same time as the alarm.

Even with a large navigation screen, there are cases where it is difficult to recognize due to the angle of view, distortion, and the resolution of the camera itself. In that respect, this "MOD" display makes sense for the system.

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