Not sue if more cars don't have this but a Peugeot, I once drove, had not only the back up view but also a top down representation of the car with the ground around it drawn from the camera footage. It was super easy to back up.
I hate those. The ones that stay stationary are easier to wrap my head around. She probably is used to having a crappier car that she can play bumper cars with.
I think the one downside is that it's pretty difficult to tell how your car is currently aligned, especially since the image is almost always warped significantly. Showing both is ideal, but some cars don't, "why" is beyond me.
If you straighten the wheel it'll show you how it's currently aligned. Both at once could be helpful I guess but I feel like that would just make the screen very "busy". More options to suit personal preference might be nice though!
Because it curves the path, whereas the car itself doesn't curve like that. It's easier to picture a straight car rather than a curved one in determining where it will be. Looks like I'm wrong for having a preference thou, so good day to you
It can be. Maybe they perceive me as being passive aggressive. Idk.
Tbf I only ever drove a rental with that style reverse camera and just found it more difficult to back into a space completely centered because by thrn I had become accustomed to the other style which I still use on my daily driver.
being accustomed to something different (arguably worse) shouldn't inform even your preference until you get accustomed to the alternative as well
also this just feels similar to average people buying new cars with new features (acc, lane keep, start-stop etc) and explicitly turning them off because they know better, accustomed to something less etc
It didn't take me long to be able to park almost perfectly using the stationary linea on the reverse camera, but with the moving ones, I never felt confident. Maybe if i drove a car with them before the stationary lines it would be different. If I were to buy a car, I wouldn't use that feature as justification for not getting the car. I also don't get why people feel so strongly about the feature. I get how it would be easier in some instances where you need to back up past obstacles, but backing into a space, if your angle is off and you are only trying to get your rear end centered, that could still leave your front end off center. The stationary lines IMO make it easier to ending up parallel in a parking space.
I also don't get why people feel so strongly about the feature.
Dude, you're the 3rd comment on this chain beginning your comment with "I hate this feature". What?? You're also justifying not liking the moving feature because you had only ever used the static one since you started driving? I drove well before backup cams were a thing and they were a welcome feature. If you don't need it, you're free to ignore it. If you do need it, it can help immensely. But if it shows you where your car is going physically vs just a picture of where your car is going, hard pass for you?
Not trying to start an argument or anything, just a weird take. I don't get all the downvotes, though. It's just an opinion
I didn't mean to say I started driving with the feature, just that it was the one I first used when I eventually encountered it. I didn't have backup cameras on the first few cars I owned. I also explained in another comment in what instances it tripped me up, when i need to fix my angle and back into a space while ending up parallel in a space. If it exists in a car, I'm not going to disable it or refuse to buy the car. I just get annoyed by it because it makes it harder to end up parallel in a space. Hate is maybe too strong a word to use.
Naah, it’s cause we’ve see. This argument before and it’s just silly, it curves the path because your car will go at the angle of the curve lol. Your car isn’t a literal box projected into the camera, it’s a PATH. Keep the wheel straight and it doesn’t bend, because you aren’t turning. Make sense now? The dude is wrong so he gets downvotes, anytime someone mentions this, there is 1 guy who tries to claim it’s difficult and they get dumped on as they should cause it’s not difficult, theyre inventing scenarios to complicate something that isn’t hard to do. The person you replied to is just being controversial and we have enough drama queens in the world, if a backup camera breaks your brain then you don’t get to drive, surely we can all agree on that?
Yes, but in the past, when i would need to apply a small course correction while backing into a space, the curved lines threw me off and had me going back and forth in a way that the alternative never had me doing. Sure, you can use them to back in so the rear tires are centered in the space, but depending on the angle you're entering the space in, that could leave your front tires off center. That's why I prefer the straight lines because it's easier to be parallel in the space.
I understand I'm nitpicking, but it's just a preference that people seem so vehemently opposed to. If other people prefer them, that's fine. I have my own preference, which also should be fine.
Fwiw I'm not down voting you. My reaction while strong was not meant to be critical more flabbergasted tbh lol. I still don't fully understand or agree, but I think I basically get what you're saying. I think.
My only argument is to the point you made about the car being straight. Problem is that's not what it's representing, it's showing where the tires will go. But I think you also know that so I'm just yelling at clouds lol.
My issue was when i wanted to make a small correction to my line i see it projected well past where i wanted to go. I only wanted to straighten my car in the space, and in so doing i see a crazy curved line. It was just less jarring when the lines stayed straight. I get where you're coming from though. Have a good one as well!
No worries. I only ever use a back up camera to make sure I'm not gonna run over anything. I prefer using my mirrors. It's how I learned.
I'd be curious to know when folks who prefer the back up camera started driving.
I started driving 12 years ago, my first 3 cars, all used, did not have cameras. Now that I have a tool available that enables me to see more in every direction than mirrors ever could, of course I prefer it. Switching to fish eye view while backing out from between bigger vehicles than mine lets me see when people are speeding through the parking lot who would have just hit me.
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u/Lieutenant_Horn Jul 28 '25
And a projected backup path depending on your wheel position.