Run a piece of dowel from just behind the rear canopy, through a hole in rear of cab, to just behind the driver's seat.
You just reverse up until the dowel pokes u in the back of the head.

Yes I bought a reversing camera for my campervan about 3 years ago after I accidentally reversed into a few pine poles in various parking areas.
It's a Swann 2.4" LCD reversing cam and it looks real good.

So far it hasn't made any difference at all!
I might try installing it and see if that makes any difference.

Mark _australia said...

Run a piece of dowel from just behind the rear canopy, through a hole in rear of cab, to just behind the driver's seat.
You just reverse up until the dowel pokes u in the back of the head.

Dare I ask what your solution is to working out whether you are about to bump into a small child?

The wife's car has the "beeper" system, and she still hit something whilst talking on the phone. The beeper system has a habit of warning you that you are reversing onto roll over gutter... So you learn to ignore it.... (not good!).

But my mate has Factory in a Subaru. First time driving, his 3 year old girl say, "what's that toilet on the dashboard". Construction site over the road, with a toilet out the front!

There are so many different manufacturers of these reverse cameras, and all offer different features, angle of view, screen size, low and bright light operation etc etc.

A couple of the better brands would be Polaris or Swann.

Try to find an auto electrician in your area who fits these aftermarket products and discuss with them your vehicle type and expectations. If you do find and auto electrician who can help (not all of them fit all types of accessories) I suggest you purchase the product from them rather than from the internet as they normally do a supplied and fitted package price which will probably be cheaper in the long run. Not all auto electricians like to fit another suppliers product due to warranty issues that may arise, some may even decline the offer to fit products purchased from an outside source such as ebay as the quality of the product can not be ensured.

I was thinking of getting one for the missus, but it won't work.

Her problem is different: it's more like she's sitting in the car in the parking lot,
doing nothing. Then all of a sudden, a pole runs into the back of the car, right then and there.

Is there a product (car-wise, I mean) for this kind of occurrence ?

wifes new honda has reverse sensors ,but if the object behind you has a gap to the ground of about 300mm then it wont sense it.....
like the back of my work trailer parked on the street..........
good job it was me driving ,and looking over my shoulder as well......
unlike like wifeys blind faith style of driving

pierrec45 said...

I was thinking of getting one for the missus, but it won't work.

Her problem is different: it's more like she's sitting in the car in the parking lot,
doing nothing. Then all of a sudden, a pole runs into the back of the car, right then and there.

Is there a product (car-wise, I mean) for this kind of occurrence ?

Not likely that she was sitting doing nothing unless you define "doing the make up" while "talking on the mobile" and "disciplining the kids" as doing nothing. You probably mean "doing nothing out of the ordinary"

Get a reversing camera ....... you'll never look back!

or you can just drive like my ex wife... and park by 'feel'

My advise is not to go wireless.Definately go hard wired. I often have to fit reverse cameras and all I can say is buy something local. Have fitted many different brands customers have bought off the net and I must say most of them have been nothing but trouble. Cameras tend to fog or the screens are grainy due to poor quality. Poron is about the best of the locally available products. Forget about reverse sensors as people tend to become complacent about them over time.

Skid said...

or you can just drive like my ex wife... and park by 'feel'

I think it's called "Parking by ear".
It's similar to the aural warning you get from parking sensor systems except the warning comes after you hit things.
Is that too late?

Hey
Thanks for all the info and laughs I have purchased a Gater camera from Repco 12 mnths warranty it will do the job have also installed dowel as back up but it will be situated behind my missus head when she yells ouch I will know to stop thanx Mark