Why aren't there back up cameras for easier backing?

With the amount of drop n hooks that are done the driver would have to mount and dismount the camera every time. Plus its not good to trust only a camera when it comes to backing up.

Also, it would be very time consuming to run the cables and such for the camera from the cab to the trailer. It would be even more costly to do a wireless job.

Truth is we will always have blind spots. Just gotta roll with it.

Ethan

 

There is

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000W22KZO

 

Even if you had a back up camera it would most likely be mounted in the middle. The corner of your trailer will still be blinded from that swing into a parking spot. Depth perception would be distorted and field of view would be limited.

It would go something like this..... Crunch!!! I didn't see it!

I have a camera, why should I GOAL?

 

if you have your mirrors angled right, and continually scan your mirrors, blind spots are not an issue because you know what vehicles are around you . and as for a backup camera, my mirrors havent failed me yet, the camera would be a false sense of security, and a distraction as well

 

I have a web cam that has a "mirror image" option in it's little software driver program that comes with it. It reverses the image left/right so it's mirror image. It's not wireless though.

I thought about getting a wireless web cam with the little threaded hole for a tri-pod mount and making a mount that uses a C-clamp, vise grips or a "pony" clamp that can clamp on the front right side of the trailer, using that little aluminum lip on the bottom edge of the trailer, that would transmit it's signal to a receiver hooked to a laptop on the passenger seat. Turning your head to the right and looking at the laptop would be just like looking at a mirror, and would help watch your blind-side when backing in somewhere.

Two of them, with some kind of a split-screen could enable blind-siding into a spot without having to keep setting the brakes & getting out of the seat to look out the passenger window.

Having cameras in the right places, with the images reversed for "mirror image" if necessary to not confuse the brain, (you're used to everything being backwards in a mirror) it wouldn't provide a false sense of security. If something goes wrong and the camera quits working, you just ignore it and continue like you would normally.

 

I don't suppose just becoming a better driver is an option? If I have a driver that needs all this junk to keep from hitting stuff then he's no longer going to be employed by me. I want a guy that can manage to drive this!

 

A backup camera system is available for trucks. If you want to get information about a commercial backup camera system you can visit http://www.rearviewsafety.com. Hope this helps!

 

And then what happens when the camera doesn't work, does the driver now just park in the middle of the lot?

 

I do not believe a back up camera would making backing any easier then it is. The trailer is going to bump the dock and we will feel that. A back up camera is fine for seeing if you are looking out for kids. Once someone masters the mirrors backing up is really no problem. Cameras for blind spots would help but not for backing.