A garbage truck backed over one of the workers who were hauling trash, and the man died at the hospital. While the police are investigating the incident, large trucks often have problems seeing what is behind them when backing up.
Recently, a man was backed over at a beer distributorship in a Houston truck accident and killed.
Many newer automobiles and pick up trucks have rear view cameras built in to show a driver exactly what is behind them. The technology exists and I believe it should be adopted and made mandatory for commercial vehicles. Many new trucks including dump trucks now use back up cameras.
Numerous workers have been killed in recent times with backing up dump trucks even when equipped with audible alarms. A recent study of methods to reduce fatalities in backing up vehicle accidents, found back up cameras effective but required work on placement on dump trucks ( finding the placing the camera on the side of the dump truck most feasible). A caution was given to keep the camera lens clean.
Various sensors and other early warning devises were also tested and showed some effectiveness in reducing truck accidents.
Each year, in residential settings cars and trucks back over and kill or seriously injury many small children who are not visible in the rear view mirror.
Many stores such as Wal-Mart sell wireless backup cameras that are easily installed and sell for under a hundred dollars.
