Pyle Rear-View Car Back-Up Camera System with 3.5" TFT LCD Monitor $35 Shipped @ D/S

aln said:   Good for the office to see the boss without always turning around
(or without using claymore tripwires.)

That is kinda what I was thinking, uses for this other than in vehicles. Plus 1 for funny as well. I mean who wants to waste a Claymore on a boss? Not to mention the clean up afterwards. Or the paperwork.

That's what we need more BU cameras in cars. Using your mirrors or turning your head is so last century.

RKBA said:   in2dadark said:   That's what we need more BU cameras in cars. Using your mirrors or turning your head is so last century.
While I tend to agree that people are replacing common sense with technology, there are definite cases where technology is superior. In this instance, the camera can show that the vehicle is about to back over the neighbor kid who rode his tricycle up your driveway. Or perhaps the driver has a medical condition that prohibits them from turning their neck. And then there's the nightvision improvements (even in models without IR); the reverse lights can illuminate enough to make the area more visible than looking through the tinted rear windows.

Personally, I would like to have a backup camera, but just can't bring myself to spend the money yet, partly because I do feel that I'd be relying on technology rather than natural simplicity. And that's after the $1100 mistake of backing up into a visiting relative's rental car on XMas 2008. I just know and accept it was my own stupidity that caused it.

So your Honor, in conclusion, the defendant has admitted that he was likely to run over the neighbor's child who regularly rode up his driveway, but that when he weighed the odds, he didn't feel the child's health and safety was worth more than $35.

aln said:   RKBA said:   in2dadark said:   That's what we need more BU cameras in cars. Using your mirrors or turning your head is so last century.
While I tend to agree that people are replacing common sense with technology, there are definite cases where technology is superior. In this instance, the camera can show that the vehicle is about to back over the neighbor kid who rode his tricycle up your driveway. Or perhaps the driver has a medical condition that prohibits them from turning their neck. And then there's the nightvision improvements (even in models without IR); the reverse lights can illuminate enough to make the area more visible than looking through the tinted rear windows.

Personally, I would like to have a backup camera, but just can't bring myself to spend the money yet, partly because I do feel that I'd be relying on technology rather than natural simplicity. And that's after the $1100 mistake of backing up into a visiting relative's rental car on XMas 2008. I just know and accept it was my own stupidity that caused it.

So your Honor, in conclusion, the defendant has admitted that he was likely to run over the neighbor's child who regularly rode up his driveway, but that when he weighed the odds, he didn't feel the child's health and safety was worth more than $35.

Silly season is clearly in full bloom on FW. When I am working in a neighborhood where I think kids might actually be left unattended & young enough to not have the sense not to linger behind a car that's just been entered or started, I walk around & look around w/ my PRICELESS eyes provided by God for just this reason. If you're too lazy to make an effort, yea, you're probably going to end up at least 35 dollars lighter.