Friday, Jan 27, 2023 at 20:18
Hi Macca,
As a rear camera is not legally accepted for rear vision, I doubt that any authority would be concerned as to who is looking at it. A rear camera isn't legally required for rear vision immediately behind the van, and that area isn't covered by the external mirrors. The authorities don't even require reversing lights or a buzzer on a caravan for reversing, so their concern for that area is pretty much nonexistent.
From personal experience the passenger has never been able to look at the screen while reversing as they are generally positioned
well outside the car anyway.
While the vehicle external towing mirrors are required to see down the sides of the caravan and to see the rear corners, they do not see immediately behind the van, and unless you are going around a bend they generally do not see very
well way back behind the van.
Therefore, even if the passenger was solely monitoring the camera screen, I as the driver can still use the external mirrors to see all I am legally required see, which is no different to those that don't have a camera anyway. The camera setup is a pure bonus for rear
information, even though at times dust and moisture on the camera lens render it near useless.
The issue of wanting the wife to view it isn't one of only her to be seeing it, just that we would prefer that the screen is visible to both of us at the same time. It's a work in progress to achieve that. Legal requirements for the adjustment of the offside external mirror don't really work
well for a passenger to see too much rearwards, so the wife appreciates the camera view.
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