# Why be a back in parker?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 27, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-be-a-back-in-parker/1028062 "2026-02-27T20:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-be-a-back-in-parker/1028062/98 "2026-03-04T16:55:19Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> You have good cameras! Mine don’t give nearly that much view.

Huh. I don’t think they’re so special. I noticed this from my first car with it in 2013. Even posted here!

> [@Using a car backup camera - Do you have to relearn backing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-car-backup-camera-do-you-have-to-relearn-backing-up/648384/7):
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> I am amazed and surprised by how much I love it in my new car. Backing up I can better see cars coming down the parking lot alley that I otherwise would not have been able to see so well and the grid gives a very good sense of how far away the vehicle behind me is and the line I am travelling (avoiding riding into the grass). Still best used as an adjunct. No learning curve.

@Dinsdale I didn’t think of it either but experienced it!

Of course now I get cross traffic warnings in the front too, so that helps. But visibility with a car next to me pulling out frontwards SUCKS when a car is next to me.

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