Research shows kids and seniors are injured and killed daily by family members or neighbors backing up without caution. Not to mention damage to your bumper due to driving into other cars, posts, bike racks, trees, etc… You can check your mirrors or look over your shoulder very carefully, but anyway you can’t see everything behind your vehicle. In NHTSA’s 2010 report it says, that “the more than 200 people are killed and also more than 15,000 people are injured every year when cars are reversing—most of these deaths are children”. An issue that can easily be fixed in matter of hours tend to be overlooked until it becomes necessary.
Your running late, lock your front door, jump in your car, take a quick look behind and step on the gas backing up, you take a quick look again and see a faint shadow. Slam on your breaks only to find out you just averted tragedy by missing the child that ran behind your car without you noticing. Research shows kids and seniors are injured and killed daily by family members or neighbors backing up without caution. Not to mention damage to your bumper due to driving into bicycles or toys left out the night before by kids playing around. An issue that can easily be fixed in matter of hours tend to be overlooked until it becomes necessary.
Avoid dangerous blind spots and park or back up from your driveway feeling safe and confident. A 10 x 20-foot blind area in the rear of all vehicles makes rear blind spot visibility nearly impossible. Eliminating your rear blind spot by adding a backup camera that can help you feel more comfortable backing up. Regardless of make, model, or year of your vehicle adding a backup camera is definitely possible. Most backup cameras are made discretely to blend in and not be noticed. With backup cameras having 190-degree horizontal view and a 145-degree vertical view that rear blind spot isn’t blind anymore.
Newer model vehicles equipped with factory radio that have screens, factory fit back up cameras are recommended. Factory fit backup cameras are factory quality and compatible with factory radio allowing the camera view to show from your existing screen. With many new aftermarket head units featuring backup camera ready it is a convenience you shouldn’t be without. Vehicles without a factory radio screen have an option to change their head unit with a screen that will allow the backup camera view to show. Once you have a backup camera installed and see the ease of parking and backing up you’ll wonder how you did without it all these years.
Upgrading a stock radio with a multimedia having backup camera capabilities allows the backup camera view to appear on its screen.
At Santa Clarita Auto Sound you can find all types of backup cameras, including cameras with night vision, wide angle, and different kinds of mounting. Our professionals will be glad to help you to choose a right backup camera for your vehicle and take care of a good quality installation.