[dredmorbius]

Screens have been mandatory in new US automobiles since 2018, due to regulations requiring a back-up camera:

"All new cars in US now required to have backup cameras" (2018)

<https://abcnews.go.com/US/cars-us-now-required-backup-camera...>

I can appreciate the safety rationale. I hate what this does to automobile interiors / controls, and suspect that the distraction / confusion factor may very well outweigh any possible life/injury savings due to the cameras in the first place. The alternative of incorporating the BUC display into the rear-view mirror, perhaps in addition to obstacle warnings, might be an alternative.

Absent that, a fold-down ceiling-mounted display would be my next preference. Anything to avoid having a persistent screen on the dash.

Mazda were apparently offering a heads-up display (HUD) as of 2019: <https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1121372_why-mazda-is-pur...>

(As noted elsewhere in thread by slipmagic: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42037412>.)