The reason they the US mandated backup cameras was due to accidents like this.
They were that common.
from your original point.
> In response to your post however I think we can dispense with the notion that folks backing into parked cars, light posts, etc, represents anything more than a nuisance to whoever owned the property that got backed into. Yeah it says "crash" in the writeup but we're not talking Michael Bay style 8 lanes of exploding cars here.
Given the complete lack of any empathy at all you've shown, I don't expect you to change your mind on this, but please try to consider if we have a way to prevent deaths, then maybe we should try and not just consider a parent backing over their child to "represents anything more than a nuisance to whoever owned the property that got backed into."
I could go on at length about the consequences of trying to play whack-a-mole with human stupidity and how that just breeds stronger idiots. There have been no significant changes to vehicle-related death statistics since the 90s when airbags were mandated, despite significant improvements to crash protection and countless here-let-me-help-you-with-that safety features that have been introduced in the last 30 years. So what do you call it when improving safety doesn't actually improve safety?
USofA exceptionalism?
Road Deaths per 100,000
Year USofA Australia
1990 17.88 13.66
2021 12.89 4.4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_i...
I mean, if you look at the data, you'll very quickly see you're wrong
https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transportation/statistics-data/...
Fatalities have gone only down over teh past 20 years.
Your assertion that car deaths haven't moved is false
I assure you, that was not a nuisance.