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Backup cameras are so effective at preventing accidents that they are becoming mandatory for car manufacturers by 2018. However, many trucks, SUVs, and other vehicles aren't equipped with them yet, and still more only include them in higher-level pricing packages.

If your vehicle doesn't have a backup camera, you can still take advantage of this life-saving safety feature by installing an aftermarket camera that's compatible with your vehicle. This installation must include a connection to an existing power source.

If you're interested in By adding a backup camera to a vehicle that doesn’t have one, you're making a wise decision for yourself and everyone else on the road. By May 2018, "rear visibility technology" will be mandatory in every new lightweight vehicle, thanks to a 2014 mandate by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The federal agency took multiple studies into account, including their own cost-benefit analyses and extensive crash tests, and verified what the auto industry already knew: that backup cameras prevent an overwhelming majority of low-speed collisions.

We have once again brought a new camera solution to market that allows truck owners to replace a burned out or stolen factory rear view camera. This time it's for the 2010-2013 GM Sierra and Silverado lines where the new camera kit will replace the factory tailgate bezel and camera assembly with a new plug replacement camera system. This camera utilizes a Super CMOS sensor, the latest in camera technology, and is pre-mounted in a factory GM tailgate bezel for a fit and finish that looks factory - but at a fraction of the cost. This new kit also gives current GM truck owners (with factory camera) an option to install a camera with the added safety and convenience of parking guidelines. Our parking guidelines were inspired by those found on most of the new cars produced by major auto makers, providing that OEM look that our customers demand.

USA Today--The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a regulation requiring all vehicles, including trucks and buses, to have rear-view visibility -- in effect, requiring rear-view cameras.

The rule applies to all vehicles under 10,000 pounds -- from the smallest subcompact to commercial vans.

The original time schedule had been to have on all vehicles in 2014. The rule just issued pushes it back the schedule to 2018, meaning 2019 model-year vehicles.