# Get ready for mandatory backup cameras.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-ready-for-mandatory-backup-cameras/262857>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [March 1, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-ready-for-mandatory-backup-cameras/262857 "2012-03-01T14:30:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/get-ready-for-mandatory-backup-cameras/262857/14 "2012-03-02T10:22:07Z")

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> [@Got teh HIV? It's like free bullets.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/got-teh-hiv-its-like-free-bullets/48474/5):
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> i dont understand why u need a camera on anything esp a pickup truck. yhere the easiest to back up. i also drive tractor trailers around all day so i guess cars and stuff are just easy to me

Same here. I used to tow for an RV dealer when I graduated from highschool and was going to college. If some punk ass kid who was driving legally for only 2 years can backup 40’ $500K class A rv’s, 32’ 5th wheels and travel trailers, etc can do it without hitting anything, people have no excuses why they cant back into a parking spot or parallel park a car.

And the cameras really aren’t that helpful. The proximity lines are sketchy at best, and are not 1:1 with what you see to how you are moving, due to the angles on the cameras on most installations. meaning, the object you are backing up to at a steady pace could show faster or slower in the camera.

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