Also demanded by customers. A well implemented backup camera is much better than trying to use a small rear view mirror or twisting around to look out a small rear window. The backup camera can give you a wider field of view including low down where a small child might be. It is also much brighter in the dark than your eyes normally see.

This doesn’t mean that I am not also checking the surroundings but the backup camera is such a big improvement that I would not buy any car without one.