An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of
accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a
vehicle includes a housing adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving
structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle, and
at least two accessories housed by said housing. One of the accessories
comprises a forwardly-viewing camera, which views through the windshield
of the vehicle when said housing is mounted to said receiving structure.
The other of the accessories may be selected from the group consisting
of: (a) a vehicle altitude sensor, (b) a vehicle incline sensor, (c) a
headlamp sensor, (d) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS)
transmitter, (e) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) receiver, (f)
an antenna, (g) a rain sensor, (h) a microphone, and (i) a compass
sensor.