Camera question - enable while driving?

epereira

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Fairly new owner here so kindly excuse my ignorance (still learning what I can do and cannot do with my new baby).

While driving I cannot access the camera (the option is greyed out). Is this normal? I thought it said somewhere that the camera is accessible while driving? Is it only used for parking assist and while stopped (or getting close to an object)?
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It would be very cool to have any of the cameras available on the main screen while driving, but I think they have disabled this capability as a safety precaution / distraction risk.

Note: The car itself is using the cameras extensively during any drive, its just not going to let the driver see what it sees.
 

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It can be turned on while driving under 5mph. This is so you can use it to help you park. But once you go over that speed, it turns off.
 

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Sometimes when exiting parking lots, when the car thinks it is going to hit parking poles the cameras come on (while < 5mph). Not reproducible everytime, but sometimes I am amazed by the camera on the screen while exiting my work parking structure (never hit any pole yet).
 


 




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