An apparatus for providing instructions to an operator of a single motor
vehicle or a vehicle having a trailer attached during backing up
procedures, said apparatus comprising: a transmitter unit for wirelessly
transmitting data, wherein the transmitter unit includes a plurality of
predefined directives and a plurality of activation means wherein each of
the plurality of activation means is capable of transmitting one of the
plurality of predefined directives; and a receiver unit for wirelessly
receiving data from the transmitter, wherein the receiver unit includes a
plurality of indicator means wherein each of the plurality of indicators
means is capable of indicating one of the plurality of predefined
directives; wherein the predefined directives include at least a backdown
directive, a stop directive, a left directive, a right directive, and a
forward directive, and wherein in trailer operations mode, the activation
means corresponding to the right directive results in the indicator means
corresponding to the left directive being activated in the receiver unit
and the activation means corresponding to the left directive results in
the indicator means corresponding to the right directive being activated
in the receiver unit.