On a recent afternoon at the driver testing center in Shillington, Eugenio Berrios, 61, of Reading said his daughter, Yajaira, 29, learned how to drive without the use of a backup camera, even though her vehicle had one. Not every car is equipped with a camera, and you have to learn how to operate a car." "People generally want to learn how to operate a car. "When another state does something like this, it does put some impetus for members to look at this," Bugaile said. Bugaile, executive director of the Pennsylvania House Transportation committee, said Pennsylvania doesn't have any legislation pending with regard to auto technology and driver testing, but that doesn't mean it won't come up. "Parallel parking is the first part of the driving-skills test not simply because parallel parking is a useful skill, but because it allows our examiners to determine whether a new driver has the necessary vehicle control and hand-eye coordination before they go on the open roadway," Campbell said.Įric D. "PennDOT is supportive of technological advances that enhance safety, and it's important that drivers know how to use that technology," Campbell said.Įven so, transportation officials prefer that prospective Pennsylvania drivers know how to parallel park on their own. And by federal law, automakers will be required to install backup cameras in all new vehicles by 2018. Drivers, however, cannot use parallel parking-assisted technology in which the car basically parks itself.ĭepartment spokeswoman Alexis Campbell said PennDOT cannot prevent the use of backup cameras because many new vehicles are equipped with cameras that can't be turned off.
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