Topic: Back-Up Camera's

[Damfino]

I know that back-up camera's serve a very useful purpose, but when you use them to back out of your driveway without physically turning your head to check for traffic...bad things happen.

Here's what my neighbor did to my previously un-scratched van on Friday...

[faux fiddy]

Tee-Boned!

[Dimitri13]

Work minivans have blocked windows, so extensive use of camera and blind spot mirrors are a must. that's in addition to a horn and physically looking as much as I can. No issues in a year and 60k+ miles.

Take her for all she's got!

[Don R]

 It sucks when a sliding door gets whammied.

[Damfino]

The neighbor that hit me was driving a 2013 Ford F150 Crew Cab 4x4. (with a tow hitch ) No visibility problem, just relying on his B/U camera too much!

[Stev-o]

You should be happy, now you can dump that soccer-Mom van and get a car!

[Damfino]

Do I have to give up my mom jeans too?? 

[Stev-o]

Do I have to give up my mom jeans too?? 

Yeah, and the granny panties too

[FrankenFrankenstuff]

Already did. I just saw them at the bar.

[70CB750]

I backed my jeep once into that dumb yellow post behind Sam's Club  - ever since I turn and look instead of using mirrors.

Too bad about your van, always liked full sizes.

[tomkimberly]

Before back-up cameras, I watched my 1st wife in 1975 back out the drive way in her car and t-bone my car parked on the street.......  God I miss that car....   

[Terry in Australia]

I think your neighbour did you a favor Schmitty, what the hell are you doing owning a frickin' poofter car like a van anyway?

You should burn that baastard and buy a Mustang with the insurance money, and grow some balls! (apologies in advance, I'm drinking heavily as I type this.......)

[Bob Wessner]

Get ready. I'm predicting they will be required on all vehicles at some point. I like mine (2013 Pilot). The thing is long, rear gate window high and add to that tinted glass, the cam is very handy. But yes, to be used in conjunction with common sense. 

[Powderman]

I'm 60 years old, never had a back up camera and have never in my life backed up into anything. Back up cameras, another item to  make the world lazy and fat.

[Bob Wessner]

Though I'm 70, not lazy and not fat. Ok, I could lose a few pounds.  I hear what you are saying, that's where the common sense comes in. There have been numerous toddlers backed over, even by their own parents because they were behind the vehicle but not in view of any of the mirrors. 

[Bob Wessner]

Guess we will have to agree to disagree.

[Terry in Australia]

I reckon those blokes are being a bit hard on you Bob, even though I don't have a reversing camera on my Ford Ranger work truck, I'd really like one, because there isn't a human alive who can see what's happening directly behind the tailgate area of this sort of vehicle, no matter how many mirrors he's got, unless it's a fricking periscope!

The Ranger has the reversing sensor beeper thingy which is much more trouble than it's worth, as it will beep like crazy if I'm reversing in my narraw driveway, yet won't beep at all if I'm backing up to a large glass surface (like a shop window, for instance) as the sonar waves travel straight thru the glass, closely followed by my towbar.

It's that "Boy who cried wolf" thing, after awhile I switch off and ignore it, whereas with a camera, I can do something that the human eye is incapable of, seeing thru a solid mass.

It cracks me up when I read posts starting with "I'm 400 years old, and I don't need no stinkin' unnecessary technology, blah blah blah", all typed on what is probably the pinnacle of unnecessary technology, the home computer................. Cheers, Terry.

[Damfino]

I dusted way too many mustangs with my Grand National back in the day to drive one of those poofter POS's. No apology needed Terry, I would have been disappointed if you had said you were drinking 'lightly'.    My love for vans goes back to the late 70's van customization days. My dad had a couple of them and I've been hooked ever since.

[Bob Wessner]

It cracks me up when I read posts starting with "I'm 400 years old, and I don't need no stinkin' unnecessary technology, blah blah blah", all typed on what is probably the pinnacle of unnecessary technology, the home computer................. Cheers, Terry.

OK, now you have gone too far. Without the home computer we would miss out on the comradery of the forum and most of all, your philosophical outlook on life. 

[Stev-o]

I dusted way too many mustangs

Nice of you to clean them....

[Damfino]

Oh Stev-o, am I going to have to pick on you for driving a chicks car again? 

[BobbyR]

Though I'm 70, not lazy and not fat. Ok, I could lose a few pounds.  I hear what you are saying, that's where the common sense comes in. There have been numerous toddlers backed over, even by their own parents because they were behind the vehicle but not in view of any of the mirrors. 

I agree with you Bob. I have one car with and one without. When my leases are up in Feb, I will have two with backup cameras and side monitors.
I am by no means a tech guy for tech sake. I just turned in a flip phone.

Both the camera and side monitors have a valid purpose All of these have a purpose. I started driving in 1966 and cars were pretty low tech. We got by, bit that was all we had. Now we have more and I see no reason why anyone would be against it.

[Damfino]

Just got the 'Shaggin' Wagon' back from the body shop. I gotta say, they did nice work! Even my dog approves!!

[Stev-o]

Did he piss on the tires??

[Damfino]

No. 'He' is a 'she'. They tend to squat when they pee, not lift their leg! 

[DH]

The view out the rear glass is up way too high on the new suv/crossover vehicles to give a reasonable view of whats behind.
For that reason alone is why they're necessary I'd obviously guess.
I've heard people say they'd rather have lower and bigger rear
glass like the older cars had too. I'd also guess that won't happen any time soon. Even the front of some late model vehicles, Camaro comes to mind, are getting hard to see out of. The angle between windshield and dashboard is such that the view if the road is limited to almost tunnel vision. Just my observations.. I'm sure aero dynamics is part of the equation that dictates why the viewing areas
are such. Maybe when they perfect the collision avoidance function/system
they'll install front cameras too. Then there won't be a need to look out the window. Please excuse my sarcasm. 
 

[dave500]

the front camera is a great idea so long as its wired into the mobile phone,thats where theyll be looking anyway!

[zachz]

Call me old fashioned, but I like the acre (hectare) of glass to look out of in my lowly old Volvo 245.

[Stev-o]

'He' is a 'she'.

Does 'she' walk on the wild side?

[Damfino]

'He' is a 'she'.

Does 'she' walk on the wild side?

Stev-o, you're not thinking of sleeping with my dog are you?? 

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeww!!

[Damfino]

Most of those camera's warn you to 'check your surroundings' before backing and I don't think my neighbor heeded that warning. Not to mention he was driving a big new Ford F-150 with a nice big rear glass and no obstruction. He, like too many others, relied too heavily on the backup camera itself.

[Stev-o]

'He' is a 'she'.

Does 'she' walk on the wild side?

Stev-o, you're not thinking of sleeping with my dog are you?? 

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeww!!

No way, she's a #$%*!

[Terry in Australia]

Please tell me that that flying brick is powered by a stonking V8 Schmitty?

[Damfino]

Please tell me that that flying brick is powered by a stonking V8 Schmitty?

But of course Terry!! A big, old, gas sucking, American 5.3 liter V8!! 

[dhall57]

Most of those camera's warn you to 'check your surroundings' before backing and I don't think my neighbor heeded that warning. Not to mention he was driving a big new Ford F-150 with a nice big rear glass and no obstruction. He, like too many others, relied too heavily on the backup camera itself.

Your right, but not just back up camera's, also all the other hi-tech gadgets on new vehicles now. Many people think they don't have to do a damn thing anymore other than sit their ass in the driver seat and nothing more and the car is supose to do all the thinking for them

[Stev-o]

Like this?


http://youtu.be/cdgQpa1pUUE

[DH]

Most of those camera's warn you to 'check your surroundings' before backing and I don't think my neighbor heeded that warning. Not to mention he was driving a big new Ford F-150 with a nice big rear glass and no obstruction. He, like too many others, relied too heavily on the backup camera itself.

Your right, but not just back up camera's, also all the other hi-tech gadgets on new vehicles now. Many people think they don't have to do a damn thing anymore other than sit their ass in the driver seat and nothing more and the car is supose to do all the thinking for them

The car companies want them to think like that. A lot of folks don't care about anything else either. I don't mean to insult anyone, but pride of ownership/styling/vehicle identity seem to finish last behind computer controlled gadgetry. And that's cool...till something breaks.

[Don R]

 I'd like to have one on the back of my 28' race trailer. Even with truck mirrors it's hard to see behind it. At the track in the pits there's a lot of foot traffic, you can get out and look but someone will walk behind you even while you're backing.
 Of course on a good day drag  racing you're still there getting winners circle pictures when almost everyone else has gone home and then you can drive straight out.