Honda has a strong history when it comes to safety. The Japanese automaker tends to score quite well with the likes of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration across all segments. What's more, the Honda Odyssey is the only minivan on the road today to earn an 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score from the United States government's NCAP program.

In other words, Honda is always looking to up their safety game. They also know that technology moves fast. And that's why they'll be making rearview cameras a standard feature in nearly all models in 2013. Backup cameras are still a new technology that many automakers are working to perfect. So for Honda to have polished the technology to the point where they can equip them in vehicles without charging a premium says quite a bit about their level of confidence.

Of course, we're guessing you're more interested what models they'll actually be equipped in as standard features than what such a move says about the company's integrity. Thus far, the Honda Accord, Crosstour, CR-V, CR-Z, Odyssey, Pilot, and Ridgeline have been confirmed for rearview cameras next year.

And when can we expect to see the rest of the Honda lineup equipped with rearview cameras? Soon; as in, probably the next couple of years. Rumor has it that a government mandate may require all vehicles made to offer them as standard fare, which explains why Honda is making the move now before the competition.

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