Anyone else have a dash cam in their car?

[SandEagle]

replaced mine with this:

http://www.blackvue.com.sg/new-full-hd.html

my old one used to allow three cameras to plug into it, which was cool for exterior front, interior, and back. i guess this will do for now.

 

[HarryLui]

I have a $40 Flip Video MinoHD

1280 x 720, I believe. Plenty good enough for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNbR9OP94UU&feature=youtu.be

 

[justfrank]

OK, gotta ask.....why does an average person need a dash cam?

 

[Doppel]

I have a $40 Flip Video MinoHD

1280 x 720, I believe. Plenty good enough for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNbR9OP94UU&feature=youtu.be

wth, that was actually taken with a $40 dash cam?

I amazoned, I think you meant $140

The cheapest decent one I could see that turns on itself and seems to work well was $200 on amazon.

OK, gotta ask.....why does an average person need a dash cam?

Need is a relative term. It's just something to have for fun. I'd like one. It would help defend in an insurance event. Also once in a blue moon I see somebody acting like a total fvckhead on the road and would love to turn the video over to the police of it.

 

[Modular]

The only real reason it's needed is for watching your laps at a track. Other than that it's for people want to invade the privacy of others or just be creepy in general. See a hot girl in the car next to you, just get some shots of her with you dash cam! Insurance claim defense my ass.

If you see some driving like a fvcktard take a video with your phone.

 

[RavenSEAL]

The only real reason it's needed is for watching your laps at a track. Other than that it's for people want to invade the privacy of others or just be creepy in general. See a hot girl in the car next to you, just get some shots of her with you dash cam! Insurance claim defense my ass.

If you see some driving like a fvcktard take a video with your phone.

Yes, because driving 75 on the highway, pulling out your phone and pointing it people when they're acting like retards is totally safe.

 

[Doppel]

The only real reason it's needed is for watching your laps at a track. Other than that it's for people want to invade the privacy of others or just be creepy in general. See a hot girl in the car next to you, just get some shots of her with you dash cam! Insurance claim defense my ass.

If you see some driving like a fvcktard take a video with your phone.

Generally if somebody is being a fvcktard it happens over a couple of seconds and often you hardly realize what happened until it's already over.

Is this your way of saying you don't actually drive in public roads? Else you'd probably know this.

Also, this invades no privacy. Also, it doesn't film the interior of the car well. You need to think your arguments through better.

 

[HarryLui]

OK, gotta ask.....why does an average person need a dash cam?

If you drive as much as I do a day and see as much accidents on the road as I see, you wouldn't be asking that question. Just look at the youtube link I posted.

wth, that was actually taken with a $40 dash cam?

I amazoned, I think you meant $140

The cheapest decent one I could see that turns on itself and seems to work well was $200 on amazon.

Forty Dollar. I can use my hand to turn the unit on and off and save myself the money. My unit records 1 hrs and have battery life for 2hrs, once it's all charged up.

 

[Gillbot]

If you drive as much as I do a day and see as much accidents on the road as I see, you wouldn't be asking that question. Just look at the youtube link I posted.




Forty Dollar. I can use my hand to turn the unit on and off and save myself the money. My unit records 1 hrs and have battery life for 2hrs, once it's all charged up.

Got a link to where it's $40? I grabbed a cheap-o from ebay and it's horrible. I only use it for track days mostly but the quality is so poor that it's nearly useless.

 

[waggy]

I wouldn't mind a dash cam. I have seen enough videos to justify it. As a matter of fact i could have used one at 17.

I came to a stop behind a guy. he put it in reverse and hit me. he said let's not call the cops and take it to a body shop and have it fixed. me being nieve and a idiot did that. I get there they life the bumper (it was knocked loose) and tie it with plastic ties and call it a day.

The guy then called and claimed i rear ended him! i got lucky in the fact a witness gave me her name who lived at the corner and seen it happen. but i could have been fucked.

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[BrunoPuntzJones]

replaced mine with this:

http://www.blackvue.com.sg/new-full-hd.html

my old one used to allow three cameras to plug into it, which was cool for exterior front, interior, and back. i guess this will do for now.

I approve of the ad with the nekkid woman holding it near her titties

 

[thomsbrain]

I wouldn't mind a dash cam. I have seen enough videos to justify it. As a matter of fact i could have used one at 17.

I came to a stop behind a guy. he put it in reverse and hit me. he said let's not call the cops and take it to a body shop and have it fixed. me being nieve and a idiot did that. I get there they life the bumper (it was knocked loose) and tie it with plastic ties and call it a day.

The guy then called and claimed i rear ended him! i got lucky in the fact a witness gave me her name who lived at the corner and seen it happen. but i could have been fucked.

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Yeah, that's becoming an increasingly common scam.

I have recorded my track laps using a point-and-shoot mounted to the interior of the car, but I just bought a GoPro at Costco.

 

[waggy]

I approve of the ad with the nekkid woman holding it near her titties

it always gets me to buy the product!

 

[Doppel]

GoPro is an awesome line of camera from what I can tell. The specific bonus to a dash cam, at least the ones I've looked at, is that you just leave them plugged in 24/7. They continually delete old video when memory is full and will start/stop recording based on car being on or off, so it's easy. There is also an iphone app that does some of this if you mount the phone, but I don't have an iphone so haven't tested it.

 

[justfrank]

If you drive as much as I do a day and see as much accidents on the road as I see, you wouldn't be asking that question. Just look at the youtube link I posted.

I drive on the freeway daily and see things like that often too but have learned to simply anticipate those situations from experience. I see those types of drivers before they opt to cut me off and assume they'll pull a move like that. Nothing really throws me off anymore but then I've been driving for 40 yrs now.

Still, so the idea is to continually run a camera just in case, to protect yourself legally in the event that the cops and/or witnesses don't get it right?

I have yet to see someone pull the reverse into your bumper gag but yeah, that could suck w/o a cam or witnesses.


I was thinking about HarryLui's video and actually if you look at it at 1:20 you'll see, hear that he's accelerating so to me, I'd say he knew the guy wanted to merge into that lane and probably even had his turn signals on. So, in that vid, if there was an accident it's possible that the vid as evidence could backfire in the view of the law. The proper thing to do would be to just slow down and let the guy in. I deal with that exact same merging situation in rush hour, never-ending road construction traffic daily. Either I have to merge in to get over or I have to let someone else in.

 

[purbeast0]

i've always wanted one but never got around to it and don't know if i would spend money on one. but i swear there is at least 1 time a week i see some stupid shit happen right infront of me and wish i had a camera. sometimes it's just people driving so stupidly that it is a facepalm moment I wish i had on tape.

 

[HarryLui]

Got a link to where it's $40?

Got mine from black friday special. But this one is not too bad for the price either.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD1Z-PL&cat=CAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYwN9tDJRKc

probably even had his turn signals on.

Don't assumes I accelerated because I want to block his merge. If I wanted to do that, all I had to do was tail gate the SUV before the suv change lane, and I had plenty of time to get real close to that SUV. I accelerated because I like the feeling of accelerating and decelerating in gear.

The Sentra signaled as much as this red truck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_9GaC8Gtwg&feature=youtu.be

 

[Raduque]

I want a dash cam, but I actually want an externally mounted one, on my front bumper. Any suggestions for one that takes SD cards and can be hard-wired into switched 12v to come on with the vehicle and start recording automatically?

 

[foghorn67]

Do they have any that always records, but doesn't?
Not sure how to explain this, but trucking companies use these.
It always records, but dumps it's memory constantly. Hitting a button, records the last 30 seconds.

 

[foghorn67]

I want a dash cam, but I actually want an externally mounted one, on my front bumper. Any suggestions for one that takes SD cards and can be hard-wired into switched 12v to come on with the vehicle and start recording automatically?

You can always "hard-wire" a 12V by running the cigarette adapter to a 12V fused link. I would google hard-wiring portable GPS's to get an idea.

 

[SandEagle]

Do they have any that always records, but doesn't?
Not sure how to explain this, but trucking companies use these.
It always records, but dumps it's memory constantly. Hitting a button, records the last 30 seconds.

the ones i've used in the past used to overwrite automatically after hitting the SD card limit. it had an event feature and a sensor where if you hit a bump it would record that event to a different folder that didn't get deleted. you could also schedule the recording to kick off on impact.

you can also use tools to prevent draining the battery if you plan to record while away from vehicle (see power magic pro)

http://www.blackvue.com.sg/products.html

 

[Gillbot]

Got mine from black friday special. But this one is not too bad for the price either.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD1Z-PL&cat=CAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYwN9tDJRKc



Don't assumes I accelerated because I want to block his merge. If I wanted to do that, all I had to do was tail gate the SUV before the suv change lane, and I had plenty of time to get real close to that SUV. I accelerated because I like the feeling of accelerating and decelerating in gear.

The Sentra signaled as much as this red truck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_9GaC8Gtwg&feature=youtu.be

I'll pass on Geeks, they've burnt me one too many times. I'd rather gamble on ebay, but I'll look to see if I can find another retailer with that model. Videos are far superior to the one I got. I'll have to record a clip and upload it.

 

[RavenSEAL]

I'm sure your insurance company is gonna wanna see this...maybe your lawyers too.

 

[Imported]

If I were to take the GoPro out of the glove box and attach it to the mount I have behind the rear view mirror.. I guess I'd have a dash cam. I only ever used it for the track though.

 

[HarryLui]

Video another one today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b672rtiZAiE&feature=relmfu