I just meant driving in reverse. I switched from a 1998 Nissan Maxima to a 2019 Toyota Camry. With the Nissan Maxima it was easier to look out the rear view mirror or turn around and see what was going on behind the car. With the Camry it seems that you really need to use the backup camera.

I can't find anything authoritative on this so it could be I was mistaken but it was my understanding modern cars have more blind spots in order to increase crash safety performance and the backup camera is supposed to compensate.

Here's a reddit post by someone saying they are a former automotive engineer who discusses this but obviously using a reddit post as a source is not ideal:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/q1jart/c...