Dash Cameras For Personal Vehicle

[migtig]

Can I ask why you would want one? My husband's into gadgets, but I'm not.

[officeguy]

Originally Posted by migtig

Can I ask why you would want one? My husband's into gadgets, but I'm not.

To have proof in your hand if you are the victim of an accident scam. The common one here seem to be folks who back into you at a traffic light and then try to squeeze 10k out of your insurance company for their 'whiplash injury'. Also, with a GPS logger, you may be able to convince the judge that the trooper must have clocked the guy passing you 20 mph faster.

[merc669]

Originally Posted by officeguy

To have proof in your hand if you are the victim of an accident scam. The common one here seem to be folks who back into you at a traffic light and then try to squeeze 10k out of your insurance company for their 'whiplash injury'. Also, with a GPS logger, you may be able to convince the judge that the trooper must have clocked the guy passing you 20 mph faster.

Can you explain the last part about the "GPS Logger"? You lost me there..Thanks!!

[officeguy]

Originally Posted by merc669

Can you explain the last part about the "GPS Logger"? You lost me there..Thanks!!

Dedicated dash-cams have a differential GPS unit built in that automatically records your speed and position. They also have an inertial sensor that records the G-forces your car is subjected to. The speed and accelleration-data get recorded in the video track. While they are not sealed and calibrated, when it comes to prevail in a 'beyond reasonable doubt' situation (like criminal court), having your expert witness from the camera company testifying about the tested accuracy of the unit will help you to make a strong case against reckless driving, excessive speed and other charges the popo can slap you with after you run over some guy who walked into the street drunk.

[ylexot]

Originally Posted by officeguy

To have proof in your hand if you are the victim of an accident scam. The common one here seem to be folks who back into you at a traffic light and then try to squeeze 10k out of your insurance company for their 'whiplash injury'. Also, with a GPS logger, you may be able to convince the judge that the trooper must have clocked the guy passing you 20 mph faster.

Definitely sounds like something a smartphone could easily do. As they say, there's an app for that...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...eXJvYWRzLnYiXQ..

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Originally Posted by migtig

Can I ask why you would want one? My husband's into gadgets, but I'm not.

Well, since traffic around here has come to be what it is now; and since I do most of my driving alone; having a dash cam as backup is just good sense.
Right?

[Hank]

Originally Posted by DEEKAYPEE8569

Well, since traffic around here has come to be what it is now; and since I do most of my driving alone; having a dash cam as backup is just good sense.
Right?

As backup for what?

[merc669]

Originally Posted by Hank

As backup for what?

Maybe for this;

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Then again, MD is a No-Fault State and both would be guilty in the eyes of the law from what I have heard.

[glhs837]

The app I use has an option to record GPS speed also, and in fact has been used in a few cases to defend against Optotraffics crappy laser speed cams.

What it does is record temporary files of a size and image quality you select, and overwrites the older ones. You can tap the screen to save one if something of interest happened, and also set a G limit, so that any impact over a certain value would save the file.

[officeguy]

Originally Posted by ylexot

Definitely sounds like something a smartphone could easily do. As they say, there's an app for that...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...eXJvYWRzLnYiXQ..

No doubt, but I need my phone so I can text while driving ;) .

The advantage with a fixed unit is that you dont have to worry about it. It's wired in with your cars power system and just runs anytime you are driving.