lawdog
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Just a warning as I have now had two incidents where obstacles that came in from the corner of he rear bumper as I was turning a bit were not picked up on/warned about by rear back-up assist sensors. The fish-eye effect of the camera can also make picking up on the types of items tricky when using the screen.
Incident 1 happened when I had the truck about 2-3 weeks, and I backed up at a friend's farm...neither the camera, the sensors, nor I in the dark, saw a 3" pine sapling that came in from the right rear as I backed up and turned a bit. I hit the pine tree, not too hard, but it left a little rub mark on the metal bumper and still pissed me off.
Incident 2 happened last week as I was trying to 3-point it to get into a pretty tight angled parking place at a store. I was backing to make the last turn when the back left apparently slid down the side of a plywood and chain link dumpster enclosure. The sensors did not go off until I felt the slide, 6" after contact with the rear quarter panel, and the fish-eye made the corner look farther away than it was. Fortunately, the plywood made 99% of the contact and flexed, so it looked pretty rough when I saw it, but some goof-off took off 99% of the markings, and there was no dent.
This is, of course, still my fault, but just a reminder that the tech is not a panacea for real-world backing skills and observation.
Incident 1 happened when I had the truck about 2-3 weeks, and I backed up at a friend's farm...neither the camera, the sensors, nor I in the dark, saw a 3" pine sapling that came in from the right rear as I backed up and turned a bit. I hit the pine tree, not too hard, but it left a little rub mark on the metal bumper and still pissed me off.
Incident 2 happened last week as I was trying to 3-point it to get into a pretty tight angled parking place at a store. I was backing to make the last turn when the back left apparently slid down the side of a plywood and chain link dumpster enclosure. The sensors did not go off until I felt the slide, 6" after contact with the rear quarter panel, and the fish-eye made the corner look farther away than it was. Fortunately, the plywood made 99% of the contact and flexed, so it looked pretty rough when I saw it, but some goof-off took off 99% of the markings, and there was no dent.
This is, of course, still my fault, but just a reminder that the tech is not a panacea for real-world backing skills and observation.
