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debaets's avatar
debaets
Explorer
May 03, 2013

No dash camera for me

I’ve been reading several posts about which dash camera is best, which one has the clearest pictures etc. The reasoning goes that if you’re in an accident you can prove who is at fault…..what happens if you’re at fault? Don’t want to pick on anyone but one of the posts had the video from the newly installed dash cam to show everyone how clear the video was. Well, it also showed him blowing right through the stop sign in his neighborhood. Lets face it most accidents happen by ‘accident’. I’ll be the first to admit that I am not always paying attention like I know I should be, or maybe I’m following too close, or speeding, or trying to make a turn at the last minute because I was distracted. Sometimes the he said vs she said works in your favor.
I’d like to have video of some of the beautiful places we’ve driven through but I don’t want video of some of the ‘bone head’ moves I’ve made over the years.

Safe travels to ALL.
  • Golden_HVAC's avatar
    Golden_HVAC
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    I guess if you had blown through a yellow light, you really don't want to show the cop the dash cam. Only use it to your advantage?

    Did you see the video's of the astroid going over Russia? Dash cams are used in a ton of cars, because rear end accidents are prevelant, and proving you are not at fault is up to you, so they had dozens of people submit their dash cam video's on youtube.

    Anyway I have one, I just don't use it much anymore.

    Fred.
  • dahkota's avatar
    dahkota
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    So, you're telling me that you would lie to get out of responsibility for an accident you caused?
  • bucky's avatar
    bucky
    Explorer II
    May 03, 2013
    The insurance companies tell us to not say anything but name rank and serial number. He didn't say he would lie. I just noticed you post from DC, the lie capital of the country :).
  • Bumpyroad's avatar
    Bumpyroad
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    dahkota wrote:
    So, you're telling me that you would lie to get out of responsibility for an accident you caused?


    not being stupid is different from telling a lie. assuming that my dash camera had it on a SD card, if I was at fault, that SD card would immediately disappear.

    bumpy
  • just_me's avatar
    just_me
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    The dash cam might help you to be a better and more cognizant driver. It has also helped to determine others accidents in front of you. If your kid was to take the car this would be a great teacher as to the kids faults in driving. As a parent I'd want to know the facts.
  • mich800's avatar
    mich800
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    I guess if you are going around running red lights and stop signs spending the money on a dash cam to prove your innocence is probably not a wise investment.
  • Iraqvet05's avatar
    Iraqvet05
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    I suspect most of the hype around dashcams in their use to prove one’s innocence started in Europe. From what I’ve read, the Russians have been using them because of rampant police corruption and false claims by other drivers….fortunately for the US, we don’t have those problems on that level.
  • JN_B's avatar
    JN_B
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    just me wrote:
    The dash cam might help you to be a better and more cognizant driver. It has also helped to determine others accidents in front of you.


    Oddly enough.. This is very true.. Many of the people I know (myself included) have changed their driving habits since installing a dash cam (for the better).
  • debaets's avatar
    debaets
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    I'm not saying anyone should lie. Very often our perception of what happens in the seconds before an accident isn’t always completely clear or accurate. It’s quite natural not to want to be the person that caused an accident and to blame someone else.
    Often bad habits, of any kind, become ordinary and we don’t even notice them. Most of the time those bad habits that we have and the bad habits of the other driver don’t result in an accident, sometimes they do.
    The post about using the camera to be a better drive is a good one. The camera would be a good tool to show us what bad habits we have so we could correct them.
  • Johno02's avatar
    Johno02
    Explorer
    May 03, 2013
    More and more responsible, safe truck drivers are using dash cams, as well as ones that see both sides of the truck. For them, it is just a method of self-defense. As many drivers do not recognize the size and handling abilities of a big truck, carefree and careless drivers tend to get the trucks into difficult and/or disasterous situations every day. And with less than scrupious lawers,out there, trying to get a settlement out of anything, Truckers need all the help they can get. That said, truckers can and are recording and reporting more and more drivers doing stupid and illegal things. With a camera capable of recording time, speed. location and time, all the driver has to do is turn in the SD card at the next weigh station, where it can be reviewed and turned over to the local authorities for further action.

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