An accessory system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior
rearview mirror assembly having a mirror-mounting portion that is adapted
to detachably mount the interior rearview mirror assembly at an interior
portion of the vehicle. A windshield accessory module assembly is also
preferably included attached at the windshield of the vehicle. The
windshield accessory module assembly is unaffected by adjustment of the
rearward field of view of the reflective element of the interior rearview
mirror assembly and preferably comprises at least one of a forward facing
imaging device with a field of view forward of the vehicle through the
windshield of the vehicle and an interior cabin imaging device with a
field of view encompassing at least a portion of the interior cabin of
the vehicle. The accessory system preferably includes a video display
screen displaying an image captured by an image capture device with a
field of view rearward of the vehicle.