Dashcams!

[Vertigo]

I've just had a Thinkware Q850 installed and, overall am very happy with it.

With regards to the parking mode functionality though, is it just me or is the motion detection basically useless?

In motion detection mode, even on the lowest sensitivity, in the current weather the rain on the windscreen is constantly triggering it. As a result it's just endlessly writing pointless video files, filling the card up.
I checked this morning and it was recordingly pretty much constantly all of last night during the rain.

I've now resorted to putting it in timelapse mode (2fps). It was primarily active driving that I wanted it for, the parking mode was just a side-benefit anyway so not a huge deal.

 

[ShiWarrior]

that's the way motion detection is I'm afraid

i don't recall Thinkware making a Q850 (i had the Q800 pro)


ive always set motion detection to fairly low but not the lowest

Parking detection is a god send, well, it is for me as i work in public , so the parking can be a nightmare, just not for vehicles hitting yours either, yobs and drunks too

 

[Vertigo]

Question - do you leave your dashcam on when the car goes into the dealer for service?

Obviously there's the advantage of capturing any damage if they prang it, however in reality this is unlikely and I'm wondering more about the etiquette of leaving it recording the staff as they work on your car - is that a bit 'rude'?

 

[Begbie]

Question - do you leave your dashcam on when the car goes into the dealer for service?

Obviously there's the advantage of capturing any damage if they prang it, however in reality this is unlikely and I'm wondering more about the etiquette of leaving it recording the staff as they work on your car - is that a bit 'rude'?

Someone on these forums, had dashcam footage of the garage ragging their Fiesta ST about.....

 

[ICDP]

Most garages will disconnect the dashcam power if possible. Some might find it rude but then again a tyre fitter thought I was rude for checking my alloys after he fitted 4 new tyres.

 

[Resident]

Question - do you leave your dashcam on when the car goes into the dealer for service?

Obviously there's the advantage of capturing any damage if they prang it, however in reality this is unlikely and I'm wondering more about the etiquette of leaving it recording the staff as they work on your car - is that a bit 'rude'?

Someone on these forums, had dashcam footage of the garage ragging their Fiesta ST about.....

I'm very much of the opinion that if a garage asks me to or without permission disconnects the dashcam then they're likely to be doing something shady

Thankfully neither of the 2 places I use (family mechanic & the MOT place) have never once bothered about it.

 

[ICDP]

I'm very much of the opinion that if a garage asks me to or without permission disconnects the dashcam then they're likely to be doing something shady

Thankfully neither of the 2 places I use (family mechanic & the MOT place) have never once bothered about it.

There is more to preventing employees and potentially other members of the public being recorded against their will than “hiding shady stuff”. Once inside a place of work any recordings are potentially a violation of the human rights act. Even for personal use legally speaking you must get the consent of all vehicle users before recording audio or video of the inside of a shared vehicle.

So a garage insisting you turn off dashcams are not being shady, they are legally obligated to do so. In fact if I was a garage owner and some shady customer insisted their dashcam be left on, I would happily tell them to take their custom elsewhere.

 

[Vertigo]

There is more to preventing employees and potentially other members of the public being recorded against their will than “hiding shady stuff”. Once inside a place of work any recordings are potentially a violation of the human rights act. Even for personal use legally speaking you must get the consent of all vehicle users before recording audio or video of the inside of a shared vehicle.

So a garage insisting you turn off dashcams are not being shady, they are legally obligated to do so. In fact if I was a garage owner and some shady customer insisted their dashcam be left on, I would happily tell them to take their custom elsewhere.

Well I was thinking of just turning it off but maybe I should actually pull the power cable out so it's more "visibly" off.

EDIT: Or even just remove it.

 

[Ormy1]

Question - do you leave your dashcam on when the car goes into the dealer for service?

Obviously there's the advantage of capturing any damage if they prang it, however in reality this is unlikely and I'm wondering more about the etiquette of leaving it recording the staff as they work on your car - is that a bit 'rude'?

I always leave mine on when the car goes for any work done. Usually they unplug it and plug it back in when they're done, which I'm fine with. On one occasion they didn't I recorded audio of one of them making fun of my interior mods, quiet word with the manager got me a big discount on my next visit haha.

I wouldn't worry about leaving it on, if the staff don't want to be recorded it's trivial for them to turn it off.