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by bonton89 762 days ago
I bought one of those well reviewed mirror dash cameras and it replaced the center rear view mirror. I hated it and returned it because this extra visual burden and couldn't understand why anyone liked these.

When backing up out of a parking space I much prefer the turnaround method since I lose all my periphery vision that keeps from backing up into the path of other vehicles or people, etc. My back up camera even has a warning for that basically saying "be aware of your surroundings while backing up, because this tiny cone of vision on the screen definitely won't help you with that". Of course modern cars are so high up I can't see anything directly behind me without the camera.

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I use the side mirrors and the camera to park. Taken how our parking spaces are narrow in France, this was for me the best combination.