Dashcams. Who uses them?

Quartz said:
I was told that it had to be the original files on DVD or USB or SD, with DVD preferred. Two reasons: if it's not the original files then the evidence could have been tampered with, and Youtube and hotlinks in emails are often blocked - indeed a hotlink in an email may cause the email itself to be blocked.
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Yeh that sounds about right. The thing is though, they had seen the footage, they just didn't use it. The police weren't in the slightest bit interested in the footage yet set up a hotline for witnesses with information about the crash.

It was like one of those scenes where someone is screaming in the middle of the room and no one can hear.

"I HAVE CONCRETE PROOF HERE, RIGHT HERE... ANYONE.. anyone?"

It was all very very strange.
 
Without HDR at night it's hard to capture numberplates with Xenons shining on them as the plate reflects too much light and comes out overexposed until you get up real close (stopped at the lights close). But the cars themselves are clearly visible though, which I guess is what matters most.

Shame that HDR is only 1080P at a lower bitrate, the native sensor resolution offers the best picture quality and that is 2560x1080.
 
Russinating said:
To be fair I rear ended someone in my Mini (going back about 10 years ago) and it was more their fault than mine.
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Didn't read anything after that which made it sound like anything other than your fault to be honest, you were either too close behind and couldn't stop in time, or you weren't too close and were just too slow reacting to stop in time. Don't see how it's even close to being the hire cars fault :confused:
 
Kenai said:
Didn't read anything after that which made it sound like anything other than your fault to be honest, you were either too close behind and couldn't stop in time, or you weren't too close and were just too slow reacting to stop in time. Don't see how it's even close to being the hire cars fault :confused:
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Whilst 90% of the time this is probably the case, an old work colleague of mine had someone slam on the anchors and stop at a green traffic light on a 40 mph road. He had very little time to react and opted to plough into the traffic light rather than the person that stopped. Luckily the Police checked CCTV footage after the incident so he wasn't done for the damage to the traffic light (the driver that stopped drove off and was later caught).
 
traveyb said:
Whilst 90% of the time this is probably the case, an old work colleague of mine had someone slam on the anchors and stop at a green traffic light on a 40 mph road. He had very little time to react and opted to plough into the traffic light rather than the person that stopped. Luckily the Police checked CCTV footage after the incident so he wasn't done for the damage to the traffic light (the driver that stopped drove off and was later caught).
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This seems odd, it was surely still his fault because he was following behind and therefore should have left a sufficient gap, which he didn't. What if the driver in front had braked for a legitimate reason?

What was the driver who drove off later 'caught' for?
 
I don't understand why people follow others so closely, especially at higher speeds. I always leave a big gap just in case the need arises, and I've had a few "whoa bloody hell" moments when someone's dropped the anchors for whatever reason but I'm always more worried about someone ploughing in to me.

Even if someone decides to stop dead on an NSL road for no reason whatsoever other than they felt like doing an emergency stop, you should ideally be far enough back that you can see it, react, and get on the brakes just as hard, before an impact occurs.


And people wonder why insurance premiums rise despite non-fault accidents.
 
Russinating said:
To be fair I rear ended someone in my Mini (going back about 10 years ago) and it was more their fault than mine. They were in a hire car going down a steep hill and we were both almost stationary behind a bin lorry before. He overtook and I followed but he slammed on his breaks because he was unsure of the width of his car and there was an oncoming car. There was plenty of room but anyway a Mini + downhill + surface water meant that even though I was pulling off at little over 10mph I went into the back of him... quite gently I might add.

I smashed up my rack of front lights pretty bad and he had a tiny scratch. Being a hire car they tried to invoice me for a ridiculous amount (£600 I think) and I rejected/complained. They eventually dropped it.

Regardless of rear ends I find most idiots are behind, be it tail gating, road rage etc, and it's the first 'part' of what the front cam then shows.

In other news, Kia garage (jn for a service tomorrow so thought I'd ask) quoted £220 to fit them both so that's a NO!. Who should I get in touch with locally to fit two? Independent car garage?
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try auto electricians or people that fit hands free kits.
 
If you're using a 12V socket just do it yourself. It's really easy to tuck the wires away in the roof lining, rubber around the door etc.

For certain parts it can be handy to have a screwdriver with a bit of fabric over the end to prod the wire away. But 95% of it I did by hand.

I'm not that handy and found it pretty easy. Only took me about 2 hours to fit a front and back system, which included the time sitting at my desk reading the manual and having a play before going out to the car.
 
[TW]Fox;28467079 said:
This seems odd, it was surely still his fault because he was following behind and therefore should have left a sufficient gap, which he didn't. What if the driver in front had braked for a legitimate reason?

What was the driver who drove off later 'caught' for?
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That's what I said at first as at the end of the day you should have enough of a stopping distance.
Think it was fleeing an accident or something as he essentially caused it. Anyway, it's only one side of the story and he didn't have a claim on his insurance for it
 
Howard said:
I don't understand why people follow others so closely, especially at higher speeds. I always leave a big gap just in case the need arises, and I've had a few "whoa bloody hell" moments when someone's dropped the anchors for whatever reason but I'm always more worried about someone ploughing in to me.

Even if someone decides to stop dead on an NSL road for no reason whatsoever other than they felt like doing an emergency stop, you should ideally be far enough back that you can see it, react, and get on the brakes just as hard, before an impact occurs.


And people wonder why insurance premiums rise despite non-fault accidents.
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Yep 100% agree. "Don't be a fool and follow the 2 second rule" etc.

I had some lady driving behind me in a 15 plate hire car (well something with some car decals plastered down the side) this morning. She had been pretty much driving up my rear end the entire journey.
Going on a stretch downhill where cars are parked on one side of the road, a bus was just overtaking them so the car infront jumped on the brakes and I followed suit.
Low and behold I hear a small screech and look in my rear view and see her going a bit irate.
Makes me wonder what the hell is going through some peoples minds sometimes.
 
Not trying to derail thread but following on from my post #244, had the insurance on phone earlier today, he has a witness who was in bus stop and saw my wife swerve into his lane......

Funny thing is, watching the footage back, bus stops on both sides of road were completely empty, as I half expected in all honesty :rolleyes: and he must be a right plank to try this, as he was told at the scene there was a camera in the car.

.....back on topic, still looking for a decent mini sized camera, as I am seeing too many issues with the 0806 series but ultimately don't want to spend a couple hundred quid on one either. Going square eyed browsing the net for one.
 
UberTiger said:
If you're using a 12V socket just do it yourself. It's really easy to tuck the wires away in the roof lining, rubber around the door etc.

For certain parts it can be handy to have a screwdriver with a bit of fabric over the end to prod the wire away. But 95% of it I did by hand.

I'm not that handy and found it pretty easy. Only took me about 2 hours to fit a front and back system, which included the time sitting at my desk reading the manual and having a play before going out to the car.
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Pretty much this, took a similar amount of time for mine but i had to splice a feed from the ignition box as my car has a 24/7 lighter socket.
 
hlxbravo said:
Not trying to derail thread but following on from my post #244, had the insurance on phone earlier today, he has a witness who was in bus stop and saw my wife swerve into his lane......

Funny thing is, watching the footage back, bus stops on both sides of road were completely empty, as I half expected in all honesty :rolleyes: and he must be a right plank to try this, as he was told at the scene there was a camera in the car.
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This is one reason why I now have a front and rear dashcam.
 

Footage from my Lukas Ace LK-7900.

Taken the UV filter off as I do a lot of night driving. It helps with the reflection off the dash but I don't find the benefits are worth the darker footage.
 
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