Anyone running with a dash cam?
05-06-2012, 09:18 AM
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Anyone running with a dash cam?
The drivers in Atlanta, as with most of the States, are pretty pathetic. I have had a couple of friends in the last three months get screwed over due to "partial fault" in an accident. Basically, the officer thinks the other driver was 99% at fault but since there is no proof of exactly what happened, they give the at fault driver a little break.
What this ends up doing is causing your insurance to have to pay for damage that is totally someone else's fault and opens you up to further liability down the road.
Anyhow, I am thinking of getting a cam to have video proof of fault which could save me tons in insurance premiums, deductables and even be used to defend or prosecute in court.
Anyone have any experience with them?
What this ends up doing is causing your insurance to have to pay for damage that is totally someone else's fault and opens you up to further liability down the road.
Anyhow, I am thinking of getting a cam to have video proof of fault which could save me tons in insurance premiums, deductables and even be used to defend or prosecute in court.
Anyone have any experience with them?
05-06-2012, 09:45 AM
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There are many option for a dash cam. You can even use you phone if you buy a mount for it. It really depend on what you want and how much you are willing to spent. I have a go pro hd2. It hold the cam in place pretty well and can be place in the car almost everywhere, from the back window, sunroof, driver side window, passenger side window, or the front windsheild. You can also have it on the outside of the car but you risk the chance of it falling off due to the speed and if the area you put it on easing clean in the benginning. I also have the LCD bacpac so than I can play back the video whenever I want, I think this is great when you have to show the cop what happened!
05-06-2012, 01:09 PM
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C300Sport, tell me about the traffic! I was going downtown from where i live via 285 , almost got swiped five times in a half hour period! wtf is with people here! 
especially if they see you changing lanes, they just speed up and cut you off.
especially if they see you changing lanes, they just speed up and cut you off.
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05-06-2012, 06:25 PM
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Depend on what you want to catch with the cam ... What I want to do is have two go pro .. mount them both in the rear window sheild, one facing the front and the other your rear ftoward the bumper.
05-06-2012, 06:40 PM
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Something like this 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FRC7RO2tOJQ
I'm debating on whether I should get a dash cam as well after seeing this.
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FRC7RO2tOJQ
I'm debating on whether I should get a dash cam as well after seeing this.
05-06-2012, 08:02 PM
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Something like this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FRC7RO2tOJQ
I'm debating on whether I should get a dash cam as well after seeing this.
:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FRC7RO2tOJQ
I'm debating on whether I should get a dash cam as well after seeing this.
05-06-2012, 08:14 PM
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Russia or not, cops find it hard to believe that someone would suddenly throw the car into reverse. That lady looked like she was more than ready to lie about throwing the car in reverse and blame the person in the back, which would more than likely apply in the US because some people just have no moral value.
Speaking from experience, just yesterday my girlfriend's aunt got hit by a car while crossing at a crosswalk and the person just drove off. Thankfully, she only had scraps, bruises, and a strained neck.
Another time, we were at Reno and were in a spot designated as an area to remove snow chains. Suddenly, the snow plows, whom we assumed would just drove around us, came within 1 foot of us before turning onto the main road and hitting us with compact snowing moving more than 40 mph, leaving giant dents in our trunk and shifting our van a few inches. We were only 3 feet from the impact and it was more than enough force to seriously injure, if not kill, us. We reported it in caltran, but we did not get an insurance claim because there was not enough "proof". Cops or not, your own recollection is not enough. People in this world lie and ruin it for the few people who tell the truth. I apologize for getting so personal but these situations have hit a bad nerve with me.
Speaking from experience, just yesterday my girlfriend's aunt got hit by a car while crossing at a crosswalk and the person just drove off. Thankfully, she only had scraps, bruises, and a strained neck.
Another time, we were at Reno and were in a spot designated as an area to remove snow chains. Suddenly, the snow plows, whom we assumed would just drove around us, came within 1 foot of us before turning onto the main road and hitting us with compact snowing moving more than 40 mph, leaving giant dents in our trunk and shifting our van a few inches. We were only 3 feet from the impact and it was more than enough force to seriously injure, if not kill, us. We reported it in caltran, but we did not get an insurance claim because there was not enough "proof". Cops or not, your own recollection is not enough. People in this world lie and ruin it for the few people who tell the truth. I apologize for getting so personal but these situations have hit a bad nerve with me.
05-06-2012, 08:42 PM
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@jl9j, vibrations caused by small bumps are not a problem. The video clips are smooth considering the roads up here in downtown Toronto are not smooth at all.
Scams like the link posted where the woman backed up her SUV has happended here in Toronto as well - this is the reason why I installed one.
05-06-2012, 10:26 PM
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Russia or not, cops find it hard to believe that someone would suddenly throw the car into reverse. That lady looked like she was more than ready to lie about throwing the car in reverse and blame the person in the back, which would more than likely apply in the US because some people just have no moral value.
Speaking from experience, just yesterday my girlfriend's aunt got hit by a car while crossing at a crosswalk and the person just drove off. Thankfully, she only had scraps, bruises, and a strained neck.
Another time, we were at Reno and were in a spot designated as an area to remove snow chains. Suddenly, the snow plows, whom we assumed would just drove around us, came within 1 foot of us before turning onto the main road and hitting us with compact snowing moving more than 40 mph, leaving giant dents in our trunk and shifting our van a few inches. We were only 3 feet from the impact and it was more than enough force to seriously injure, if not kill, us. We reported it in caltran, but we did not get an insurance claim because there was not enough "proof". Cops or not, your own recollection is not enough. People in this world lie and ruin it for the few people who tell the truth. I apologize for getting so personal but these situations have hit a bad nerve with me.
Speaking from experience, just yesterday my girlfriend's aunt got hit by a car while crossing at a crosswalk and the person just drove off. Thankfully, she only had scraps, bruises, and a strained neck.
Another time, we were at Reno and were in a spot designated as an area to remove snow chains. Suddenly, the snow plows, whom we assumed would just drove around us, came within 1 foot of us before turning onto the main road and hitting us with compact snowing moving more than 40 mph, leaving giant dents in our trunk and shifting our van a few inches. We were only 3 feet from the impact and it was more than enough force to seriously injure, if not kill, us. We reported it in caltran, but we did not get an insurance claim because there was not enough "proof". Cops or not, your own recollection is not enough. People in this world lie and ruin it for the few people who tell the truth. I apologize for getting so personal but these situations have hit a bad nerve with me.
Damn hope your aunt gets better soon!
05-06-2012, 10:50 PM
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Are these legal to use in all/most places? I remember seeing some stories about people being arrested for taping police during traffic stops, given that this cam is permanently on/taping.
05-07-2012, 12:34 AM
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this would be good to have during service visits too........
"yes, just so you know, you're being watched as you work on my car"
"you F*CK it up, and I'll know"
"yes, just so you know, you're being watched as you work on my car"
"you F*CK it up, and I'll know"
05-07-2012, 01:28 PM
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It looks like the GoPro is one of the best performing cameras but a little big and clunky for what I had in mind. I will keep learning a bit more about them and hope I don't have an incedent in the interim.
05-08-2012, 12:52 PM
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I always love it when I try to be courteous and signal just prior to changing lanes and have some a-hole floor it to try to close the gap just because they don't want someone to get in front of them...sad to see so many rude, inconsiderate and simply spaced out drivers around here.
It looks like the GoPro is one of the best performing cameras but a little big and clunky for what I had in mind. I will keep learning a bit more about them and hope I don't have an incedent in the interim.
It looks like the GoPro is one of the best performing cameras but a little big and clunky for what I had in mind. I will keep learning a bit more about them and hope I don't have an incedent in the interim.
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Russia or not, cops find it hard to believe that someone would suddenly throw the car into reverse. That lady looked like she was more than ready to lie about throwing the car in reverse and blame the person in the back, which would more than likely apply in the US because some people just have no moral value.
Speaking from experience, just yesterday my girlfriend's aunt got hit by a car while crossing at a crosswalk and the person just drove off. Thankfully, she only had scraps, bruises, and a strained neck.
Another time, we were at Reno and were in a spot designated as an area to remove snow chains. Suddenly, the snow plows, whom we assumed would just drove around us, came within 1 foot of us before turning onto the main road and hitting us with compact snowing moving more than 40 mph, leaving giant dents in our trunk and shifting our van a few inches. We were only 3 feet from the impact and it was more than enough force to seriously injure, if not kill, us. We reported it in caltran, but we did not get an insurance claim because there was not enough "proof". Cops or not, your own recollection is not enough. People in this world lie and ruin it for the few people who tell the truth. I apologize for getting so personal but these situations have hit a bad nerve with me.
Speaking from experience, just yesterday my girlfriend's aunt got hit by a car while crossing at a crosswalk and the person just drove off. Thankfully, she only had scraps, bruises, and a strained neck.
Another time, we were at Reno and were in a spot designated as an area to remove snow chains. Suddenly, the snow plows, whom we assumed would just drove around us, came within 1 foot of us before turning onto the main road and hitting us with compact snowing moving more than 40 mph, leaving giant dents in our trunk and shifting our van a few inches. We were only 3 feet from the impact and it was more than enough force to seriously injure, if not kill, us. We reported it in caltran, but we did not get an insurance claim because there was not enough "proof". Cops or not, your own recollection is not enough. People in this world lie and ruin it for the few people who tell the truth. I apologize for getting so personal but these situations have hit a bad nerve with me.
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