A camera monitor system for motor vehicles providing areas of importance to a driver comprising at least two separate cameras (2, 2a, 2b, 2c) arranged to record camera views of the surrounding of the vehicle being different for each camera (2, 2a, 2b, 2c) and at least one monitor (3, 3a, 3b) with a monitor screen suitably arranged to provide the recorded camera views on the screen at least to the driver of the vehicle, wherein the provided camera views and/or an arrangement (M1, M2, M3, M4) of the different recorded camera views on the monitor screen depend(s) on a status of the vehicle, wherein a control unit is adapted to observe the status of the vehicle and to alter the arrangement (M1, M2, M3, M4) of the camera views provided on the screen in dependence on the observed status of the vehicle, and wherein the monitor screen shows the different camera views in adjacent sub-windows on the screen, characterized in that the monitor screen alters from one to another of the following arrangements (M1, M2, M3, M4) of the camera views in dependence of the status of the vehicle, where (a) at least a first sub-window providing a first view as a small angle side rear view recorded by a side camera and a second sub-window providing a second view as a wide angle side rear view, preferably an aspherical wider view, recorded by another side camera are arranged side-by-side on the monitor screen in case of the vehicle being on and/or driving forwards as a first arrangement; (b) in addition to the first arrangement a third sub-window providing a third view as a rear view from a rear camera is arranged side-by-side on the monitor screen in case of the vehicle driving forwards with activated blinker as a second arrangement, where the third view comprises distance lines to vehicles in the back as overlay in the third view; (c) at least the first sub-window providing the first view and a fourth sub-window providing a fourth view as a wide angle rear view, preferably an aspherical wider view, recorded by another rear camera is arranged side-by-side on the monitor screen in case of the vehicle driving backwards as a third arrangement, where the fourth view comprises steering lines for the vehicle as overlay in the fourth view; or (d) the screen is switched off in case of the vehicle being off as a fourth arrangement, wherein a virtual vehicle model is incorporated into the displayed views (V1 - V5) as a further sub-window to indicate the vehicle boundaries to the driver. (a) at least a first sub-window providing a first view as a small angle side rear view recorded by a side camera and a second sub-window providing a second view as a wide angle side rear view, preferably an aspherical wider view, recorded by another side camera are arranged side-by-side on the monitor screen in case of the vehicle being on and/or driving forwards as a first arrangement; (b) in addition to the first arrangement a third sub-window providing a third view as a rear view from a rear camera is arranged side-by-side on the monitor screen in case of the vehicle driving forwards with activated blinker as a second arrangement, where the third view comprises distance lines to vehicles in the back as overlay in the third view; (c) at least the first sub-window providing the first view and a fourth sub-window providing a fourth view as a wide angle rear view, preferably an aspherical wider view, recorded by another rear camera is arranged side-by-side on the monitor screen in case of the vehicle driving backwards as a third arrangement, where the fourth view comprises steering lines for the vehicle as overlay in the fourth view; or (d) the screen is switched off in case of the vehicle being off as a fourth arrangement, wherein a virtual vehicle model is incorporated into the displayed views (V1 - V5) as a further sub-window to indicate the vehicle boundaries to the driver.