2015 yaris, rear view camera

[hondajt]

^^I highly doubt anyone here is using the backup camera solely for safety. I only use one for parking in tights spots.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by hondajt

^^I highly doubt anyone here is using the backup camera solely for safety. I only use one for parking in tights spots.

It shouldn't be used for safety at all! The driver needs to look themselves 180 degrees behind the vehicle when backing up.

Now that I think of it, if the camera is used in tight parking spaces for backing up and the driver doesn't do a 180 before starting to reverse they could run someone over who is moving towards the vehicle but is out of the cameras field of view.

Because of advertising on TV I imagine A LOT of people think of a rear view camera as a safety device.

Which it isn't!