I& #39;m just gonna put this out there;

Members of the automotive press (and other car-people) seem consistently baffled by the fact that Japanese-market cars have an interior beeper to warn you that you are in reverse. They think it& #39;s ridiculous.

I think it& #39;s genius.

I have many, many times been behind someone who doesn& #39;t know their car is in reverse. They might have backed up because they overshot a red light. Or maybe re-positioned in a drive through.

You cannot tell them they are in reverse without literally walking up to them.

I would find it very comforting to know that every car made had a "hey, dingus, you& #39;re in reverse!" noise so that this just wouldn& #39;t happen. Or at least way less frequently.

The Japanese figured this out decades ago, and apparently nobody gets it, and it infuriates me.

Everybody who& #39;s like "oh that would be so annoying!"

Look; here& #39;s the deal. The car is about to go in a direction in which you are not facing. That is inherently dangerous.

A beeper when the car is gonna do that is, in my opinion, an obviously beneficial thing.