Is advanced technology making backing a truck easier?

A couple points.
One. Insurance companies hate backup cameras. They cause more claims because drivers focus on the camera and not the front of the truck.
Two. On the practical side, how would it even be attached? Anything on the lower part like the light area or DOT bumper will get broken off the first time one docks. Anything in the upper part, well lights are in the way and will get broken off when a minimum wage kid rams a double stacked pallet into it.

 

Faint and not long enough lines doesn't make it any easier a camera on the side of the trailer would be nice

 

with all the "no signals" i saw in that video clip, a fork lift could have driven behind him. no thank you, i'd not trust anything that "blacks out" when it's SUPPOSED to be working.

 

my new car has a back up camera, as well as the car i just traded it in for.

i DO NOT depend on that camera, i DEPEND on ME and my mirrors and looking over the seat, thru the back window.

about the only "use" i have for that camera is the ability to see that i will not back into the fence, as it has a warning buzzer if i get too close.

otherwise it's like a GPS.....not to be fully 1000% depended on.

 

There is no door when backing up....
The door is open. The whole reason to back up is to hit a dock door.
Can't attach to bumper as it will get smashed between to bumper and dock door.

 

Give it time. My first cell phone came in a bag with a shoulder strap and a motorcycle battery.

Bluetooth barely reaches the back of the trailer with audio. Video would be sketchy at best.

 

Same here. I hate the thing with a passion. Only real use I have for it is hooking up a bumper pull trailer. Even so, I still managed to get lined up in the past without a camera so there's that.