Surprising use for Dash Cams.

Kuros · 21 Jun 2015 at 14:10

My phone with GPS tells me I'm doing 75, whilst my satnav tells me I'm doing 70, both at the same time.. Given my spedo will also be stating 70, I'm more inclined to believe the satnav.

Housey · 21 Jun 2015 at 14:26

My speedo tells me how fast I am going, why I need another reading is beyond me.

Nathan · 21 Jun 2015 at 15:45

Pathetic bot advertising. Zzzzz

skaif · 21 Jun 2015 at 16:41

Where's the OP gone?

Housey · 21 Jun 2015 at 19:55

Nathan · 21 Jun 2015 at 19:57

Dash cams are rubbish.

I hit a pedestrian in a 30MPH zone whilst doing 41MPH. The police seized my dash cam. They have just charged me for causing death by dangerous driving. They stated that the dash cam evidence of me speeding was enough for CPS to consider the charge.

Modern technology made my life hell.

*may or may not be true

Overlag · 21 Jun 2015 at 20:36

Tomsk said:
I doubt that a traffic officer would believe dash cam footage over their own calibrated equipment.

Presuming they even had any equipment other than there standard speedo.

Nathan · 21 Jun 2015 at 20:46

Overlag said:
Presuming they even had any equipment other than there standard speedo.

They are not standard. They are calibrated and then they test it following two fixed points should they report someone

Overlag · 21 Jun 2015 at 21:15

Nathan said:
They are not standard. They are calibrated and then they test it following two fixed points should they report someone

traffic police have calibrated equipment, normal cop cars have nothing but the speedo?

Azza · 21 Jun 2015 at 21:29

OP which product would you recommend?

Nathan · 21 Jun 2015 at 22:19

Overlag said:
traffic police have calibrated equipment, normal cop cars have nothing but the speedo?

Incorrect.

Burnsy2023 · 21 Jun 2015 at 22:35

Nathan said:
Incorrect.

Force dependant

Nathan · 21 Jun 2015 at 22:36

Burnsy2023 said:
Force dependant

Still an incorrect statement though

Sin_Chase · 22 Jun 2015 at 01:09

This is advertising bait.

The OP story is total BS. If he was stopped for speeding and given a specific number, it was recorded evidentially. VASCAR or Speeder Follow. If that was the case then whatever his dashcam showed is largely meaningless. It's not calibrated, the time stamps are not proven and it's validity as evidence is questionable.

The conversation would have gone something like this:

Police - You've been stopped for speeding, going 75mph, here is the evidence.
Driver - But look at my dashcam!!!
Police - That's nice, see you in court.

Burnsy2023 · 22 Jun 2015 at 09:56

Nathan said:
Still an incorrect statement though

It's pretty accurate where I am.

Burnsy2023 · 22 Jun 2015 at 09:59

Sin_Chase said:
This is advertising bait.

The OP story is total BS. If he was stopped for speeding and given a specific number, it was recorded evidentially. VASCAR or Speeder Follow. If that was the case then whatever his dashcam showed is largely meaningless. It's not calibrated, the time stamps are not proven and it's validity as evidence is questionable.

The conversation would have gone something like this:

Police - You've been stopped for speeding, going 75mph, here is the evidence.
Driver - But look at my dashcam!!!
Police - That's nice, see you in court.

The time stamps for my dashcam come straight from the GPS signal so are about as accurate as you're going to get. It will be valid evidence at court but ultimately it's up to the court to decide which evidence holds more weight.

lemonade · 22 Jun 2015 at 11:02

George Hincapie said:
I hate hearing people say that, I don't want to read it on the forums.

innit bruv, y u bein lyk dat 4?

Outcast · 22 Jun 2015 at 11:10

It's Ennit round our neck of the woods.

Init is a Linux thingy !

lemonade · 22 Jun 2015 at 11:13

^ That's probably the midlands accent vibe rubbing off there, its innit with 'I' round London.