Parking in a city can be a nightmare. Trying to find a spot downtown, worrying about door dings and scrapes in parking garages, the stress of parallel parking – all of these things are enough to make you want to give in and just take the bus.

Backing your car into a narrow spot on the street with traffic rushing by makes you wish you had your own personal flag man to tell you exactly how close you are to the car behind you.

While you can’t always have a friend with you to help you back up, you can have the next best thing: a pair of electronic eyes that sits on your rear bumper.

The Automotive Wireless Video Parking Reverse Sensor system is a tiny video camera that mounts on your license plate bracket and then relays a digital video signal directly to a small screen you can mount on your dashboard.

There’s no need to twist in your seat or take one hand off the wheel. Just shift your car into reverse and the camera automatically engages.

The video camera is complimented by a distance sensor that detects any objects that are 3 feet or closer to your bumper and then indicates their presence with a beeping tone.

As you get closer to the object the tone begins to sound with greater frequency. The low mounting point guarantees that you will be able to catch the lowest and smallest of obstructions – be it the curb, a short wall, or even a child or pet.

The small size of the sensor also makes it virtually vandalism and theft proof, as most people won’t even know it’s there.

When you consider the safety, practicality, and ease of installation of the wireless video parking sensor, you’ll wonder why they aren’t installed from the factory.