Not His Best Day!!!

[TerryMiller]

Just as a side thought, if one has a dash cam and the other party sees it, they can go to court and get discovery to get the footage filmed by your own dash cam. Thus, if one is at fault, his own camera could prove it.

We asked about putting a GoPro in the window of our work van to capture images of things we see as we are driving, but the company said no, mostly because that video can be "discovered" and used in court against us.

As far as the video of the guy flying off the highway, that sort of thing is why I watch traffic on roads crossing the one I am on by way of an overpass.

 

[chuter]

The only odd thing I've got with mine is the driver side rear window on a Jeep blowing out for no reason that I could see.
I was passing him and some pebble-sized stuff hit my windshield and then I saw his window was broken.
The break is at 14 seconds:

 

[jakeman]

front and rear looking.

What are you running, and how do you like it?

Difficult to install?

 

[beardking]

front and rear looking.

Yeah, I didn't realize that they had front and rear cameras until after I got the one for my wife. I'll be upgrading to one of those in the future.

I know that the footage can be used against us as well, but I just have to remind myself (and my wife) of that when we are driving to keep us on our best behavior. Which we is be anyway.

 

[dennishoddy]

What are you running, and how do you like it?

Difficult to install?

I haven't bought one yet that is front and rear. Bought a cheap one a couple years ago that is forward only, but the footage is so grainly one couldn't get a tag number if you wanted to. Cheap isn't the way to go for the cams.
They basically have an onboard battery that can be charged from a power port in the vehicle, or some may have to be directly powered by a cord all the time. I've seen both.

 

[sumoj275]

Yeah, me too.

Us too. Be nice to have footage when I got t-boned by an opposite direction driver trying to get into Walmart grocery store before the last snow storm was supposed to have deprived us for months.

 

[sumoj275]

Actually a similar thing happened in OKC not may years ago. At the I40 35 split.

I remember that as I was sitting in traffic due to it.

 

[sumoj275]

I haven't bought one yet that is front and rear. Bought a cheap one a couple years ago that is forward only, but the footage is so grainly one couldn't get a tag number if you wanted to. Cheap isn't the way to go for the cams.
They basically have an onboard battery that can be charged from a power port in the vehicle, or some may have to be directly powered by a cord all the time. I've seen both.

I like the idea of plug and play but the wire in option probably be better.

 

[Lee Beaittie]

Amazing what those dash cams can collect. I need to get one.

I told my wife everyone in the family that drives is getting one for their birthday this year, after the incident with my grandson in Moore back in Dec. damn near killed him.

 

[MikePAC]

front and rear looking.

Have you shopped any brands? I need to get a couple too. Looking for recommendations. Thnx in advance. Mike