Abstract: An all-directional monitoring camera 10 mounted, straight or with inclination forward and/or laterally outward with respect to vertical direction, on a bumper 1 on a side remote from a steering wheel 2 comprises a reflecting mirror 13 and a camera 14 operative to image a peripheral scene reflected by the reflecting mirror 13 that are enclosed within a casing 11 having a transparent wall 12 surrounding entirely the reflecting mirror 13. The monitoring camera 10 is movable between a working position where the reflecting mirror 13 is positioned right above an outermost end b 1a of the bumper 1 so as to include an outermost end profile of the bumper in a field of view and a hidden position where the monitoring camera 10 stays in hiding in the vehicle body. An image formed by the monitoring camera 10 displayed on a monitor display 20 includes a break line Lz representing the outermost end profile of the bumper 1.