But could you remember 2 or 3 of them?
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How many scams have you been caught up in but saved by the dashcam?
Why is that relevant? How many crashes do people have in their life?
It only needs to happen once...
Ive never been hit by 3 cars but yeah, I think so.
Fortunately I haven't been involved in an accident as a drivers so far - long may it continue.
I've had several close calls through no fault of my own however - there are unfortunately too many people who drive or cycle like planks.
I have also found it useful to review my own driving from dashcam footage with the input of more experienced drivers to increase my own safety as a driver.
Soldato
That wouldn't surprise me, I've seen it with cyclists on YouTube - chasing after cars to record them because they felt they didn't give them enough room.
I wasn't thinking of being hit by 3 cars but of the situation where one car crashes into another or swerves to avoid another and setting off a chain of events.
'It doesn't look like this person is slowing down for the mini roundabout, hmm do I...?
A. Slow down and anticipate the danger.
B. Speed up and hook right as fast as I can because this will look great on the latest dashcam compilation on youtube.
B it is.'
It was a thing up here - on the A90 in particular - and killed stone dead by dashcams.
It's relevant because it helps is understand the likeliness of the risk you are attempting to mitigate.
Do you mitigate other risks that are so unlikely and have such low consequences by spending hundreds of quid or is it just this one?
Well, I pay for house insurance in case the place burns down. Does that count?
I'd imagine your house burning down would cost you a bit more than having to pay your excess and losing your no claims bonus in the event you couldn't prove you weren't at fault in an accident?
I don't think you've thought this through.
There are all kinds of possible accidents though - in some cases it could be serious enough prosecution is involved and you definitely want all the evidence possible on your side.
Soldato
And you pay for vehicle insurance, no?
So now we're in the realms of not only being in a non-fault accident that is being contested, we're also being prosecuted for it? I reckon i'd be more likely to win the lottery
yes it's a badly designed road junction - you watched it ?
car street sign recognition, is not so far from anpr algorithms, just a few more targets
So now we're in the realms of not only being in a non-fault accident that is being contested, we're also being prosecuted for it? I reckon i'd be more likely to win the lottery
You have to weigh both the consequences and the chance.
At least on the roads I drive sadly the chances are much higher than winning the lottery - for instance the number of times I come across cyclists in poor lighting conditions who don't bother with properly working lights (sometimes not even lights at all) and wearing all dark clothing is crazy - I could literally post a video on a weekly basis - often getting far too close to comfort to them under the circumstances - usually not because of any lapse on my part though occasionally I could have done better in review - but if they'd just worn a bit of high-vis, etc. it would never have been close even. If I had hit one though it almost certainly would have been entirely on me without evidence otherwise.
EDIT: Though unfortunately my dashcam does low light enhancement so the footage often doesn't reflect well just how poorly they were visible compared to the reality.
In fairness though, unless they did something completely mental, i'd have thought that dashcam or otherwise, a cyclist not being very visible is unlikely to resolve you from blame if you hit one?
Edit - if anything, if your dashcam is showing improved visibility, it would only have the opposite effect and make it look like you hit a clearly visible cyclist?
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