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Originally Posted By searchin4shacks:
Is there a setup available that works as a dash cam, and can be quickly turned towards the side to record say an interaction with LEO during a traffic stop? I'm interested in recording front and rear with the bonus of what I described above. Hmm... I don't know if my FineVue would swivel that far or not... let me go out and look at it. ETA: Actually, I think it would swivel that far. The problem is that it's mounted just to the right of your rear-view mirror, so that the mirror hides it from the driver (the lights on the back are distracting during night-driving). In that position your reaching to swivel it would be noticed by the police officer (who is trained to watch your hands/shoulders, and would wonder WTF you were doing). It also wouldn't be able to see your interaction with the police officer, because the mirror would be in the way. You'd really want a purpose-built camera for recording an encounter with the police... JMHO. I'd put in in the upper-left corner of the inside of your windshield, or on the dash, such that it would see you, and out along the driver's window towards the rear of the car. The officer is going to stand at or behind the B pillar for the most part, so you'd have a view of his hands, and any conversation would be audible. |
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Originally Posted By NoloContendere:
Went ahead and ordered the Lukas. I'll give a report on it when I get it. I got rear ended last Sunday while stopped in traffic, the lady that hit me pushed me into the car in front of me, she was going about 40. Obviously my 3 month old truck was totaled, I really regret never setting up that dash cam in my truck. Fortunately she was honest about texting and driving and me being completely stopped, therefore I am not liable for the car I was pushed into. Otherwise this could have been a total insurance nightmare without having video evidence. You bet your ass, the first thing I do to my new truck is install that dash cam. 
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Originally Posted By BCV:
I got rear ended last Sunday while stopped in traffic, the lady that hit me pushed me into the car in front of me, she was going about 40. Obviously my 3 month old truck was totaled, I really regret never setting up that dash cam in my truck. Fortunately she was honest about texting and driving and me being completely stopped, therefore I am not liable for the car I was pushed into. Otherwise this could have been a total insurance nightmare without having video evidence. You bet your ass, the first thing I do to my new truck is install that dash cam. Originally Posted By BCV:
Originally Posted By NoloContendere:
Went ahead and ordered the Lukas. I'll give a report on it when I get it. I got rear ended last Sunday while stopped in traffic, the lady that hit me pushed me into the car in front of me, she was going about 40. Obviously my 3 month old truck was totaled, I really regret never setting up that dash cam in my truck. Fortunately she was honest about texting and driving and me being completely stopped, therefore I am not liable for the car I was pushed into. Otherwise this could have been a total insurance nightmare without having video evidence. You bet your ass, the first thing I do to my new truck is install that dash cam. If people were honest, we wouldn't need dash-cams. Video evidence saved me from a hit-n-run two years ago. Without it, the guy would have gotten away clean. Had another accident where a lady ran a red light, T-boned me, then lied to the officer about who had the green light. Some guy from her church was there, and backed up her story  (an off-duty cop witnessed the whole thing, and saved my bacon ). Video would have been VERY helpful in that one.
I'm not counting on an LE Good Samaritan to be there the next time I get hit. |
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Originally Posted By BCV:
I got rear ended last Sunday while stopped in traffic, the lady that hit me pushed me into the car in front of me, she was going about 40. Obviously my 3 month old truck was totaled, I really regret never setting up that dash cam in my truck. Fortunately she was honest about texting and driving and me being completely stopped, therefore I am not liable for the car I was pushed into. Otherwise this could have been a total insurance nightmare without having video evidence. You bet your ass, the first thing I do to my new truck is install that dash cam. Originally Posted By BCV:
Originally Posted By NoloContendere:
Went ahead and ordered the Lukas. I'll give a report on it when I get it. I got rear ended last Sunday while stopped in traffic, the lady that hit me pushed me into the car in front of me, she was going about 40. Obviously my 3 month old truck was totaled, I really regret never setting up that dash cam in my truck. Fortunately she was honest about texting and driving and me being completely stopped, therefore I am not liable for the car I was pushed into. Otherwise this could have been a total insurance nightmare without having video evidence. You bet your ass, the first thing I do to my new truck is install that dash cam. I am litigating a case like that right now. Except my client was the lead car. 3rd car hit middle car and pushed them into lead car. 3rd car sues. Lol. Both first and 2nd cars were stopped at red light. |
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I have 2 Blackvue DR400G's on my car (1 forward and 1 backward). Pieces of shit. Dates are always off and they overheat like fucking crazy. Every so often they don't start up properly so I have to unplug and replug. There's an Aussie guy making dashcams, who will release one soon. Company name is Guardtrak. He took a bunch of experience and community feedback to make the camera. I'm looking forward to it, because it gets HOT here and the sun is STRONG |
Originally Posted By Mr_Mowett:
And this was in Australia where there's so much interesting wildlife to fuck.
And this was in Australia where there's so much interesting wildlife to fuck.
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That's the Lukas? Not bad. 
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Yep. Keep in mind my windshield was not perfectly clean because my washer fluid was frozen solid! I have some other video I'm going to post that is cleaner.
Eta: and make sure you watch it in the highest resolution. It record in 1080p. The YouTube embed is not very clear. |
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Originally Posted By jaqufrost:
Thanks guys, I want to add some cameras to my vehicles. |
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I looked through this thread for an answer before asking, but here goes...
Do these cameras record for a certain period of time then start to record over the oldest file? Just making sure that I don't have to manually download video every day. I like the earlier comment about the reverse cam. My jeep has the Chrysler touch screen radio that supports a reverse cam so I may work that into the plan. |
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Originally Posted By miker84:
I looked through this thread for an answer before asking, but here goes... Do these cameras record for a certain period of time then start to record over the oldest file? Just making sure that I don't have to manually download video every day. I like the earlier comment about the reverse cam. My jeep has the Chrysler touch screen radio that supports a reverse cam so I may work that into the plan. That's what mine does. It has three separate recordings. A "motion" recording. An always on recording and an event recording. Motion and event are not recorded over. Always recording gets recycled. You can push a button and it will switch to event recording for a few minutes prior and after. Then it switches back to always recording. I'm ordering a larger sd card for mine. It supports up to 128gb. Eta: motion and event are 30 second clips. Always recording is in 3 minute increments. |
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Originally Posted By miker84:
I looked through this thread for an answer before asking, but here goes... Do these cameras record for a certain period of time then start to record over the oldest file? Just making sure that I don't have to manually download video every day. I like the earlier comment about the reverse cam. My jeep has the Chrysler touch screen radio that supports a reverse cam so I may work that into the plan. Yes they do, and no you don't 
As for tapping into the vehicle's own camera, I opted not to do that. Some vehicles power that camera off when the vehicle is in motion, and I didn't feel like hacking into the vehicle's existing wiring. I added a self-contained camera to the back glass (a SmartyHD... but there are other cameras in this thread which would serve just as well or better) |
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Nolo, How many hours of 1080p recording are you getting on that 64 GB card? How often do you unhook it and dump it to your computer for editing? ETA: Any night time videos yet? Many thanks to everyone in this post. I've got some Amazon play money coming soon, and it's going towards a camera. |
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Originally Posted By eastonj:
Nolo, How many hours of 1080p recording are you getting on that 64 GB card? How often do you unhook it and dump it to your computer for editing? ETA: Any night time videos yet? Many thanks to everyone in this post. I've got some Amazon play money coming soon, and it's going towards a camera. Each 3 minute clip is about 200 Megs. It has an 8gb card now. My 64gb card will be in today. I generally don't dump it to the computer unless I know there is something I want to get off of it from my driving trips. Like the lady yesterday morning that didn't think a red light means stop. No night video yet, but I will get one done soon. |
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Semi-off topic legal question: If a hit-and-run, or insurance scam crash is caught on video, what's the likelihood of a judge allowing or disallowing the footage? It would seem that most of the time, the footage would be quite compelling for jurors. But often, you hear about judges not allowing some evidence that would have made a huge difference. ETA: Obviously, I'm not a lawyer. I'm a doctor and we tend to have targets on our backs, and try to avoid lawyers  |
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Originally Posted By eastonj:
Semi-off topic legal question: If a hit-and-run, or insurance scam crash is caught on video, what's the likelihood of a judge allowing or disallowing the footage? It would seem that most of the time, the footage would be quite compelling for jurors. But often, you hear about judges not allowing some evidence that would have made a huge difference. ETA: Obviously, I'm not a lawyer. I'm a doctor and we tend to have targets on our backs, and try to avoid lawyers
Preach it brother. Preach it. 
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Originally Posted By eastonj:
Semi-off topic legal question: If a hit-and-run, or insurance scam crash is caught on video, what's the likelihood of a judge allowing or disallowing the footage? It would seem that most of the time, the footage would be quite compelling for jurors. But often, you hear about judges not allowing some evidence that would have made a huge difference. ETA: Obviously, I'm not a lawyer. I'm a doctor and we tend to have targets on our backs, and try to avoid lawyers
I can't imagine them disallowing it. |
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So, I've probably wasted way too much time looking at dash cam videos on Youtube this weekend. Those Russian video compilations are crazy. But, I just found my favorite. For all the crazy that Russia does, you sometimes have to admire their pragmatism when dealing directly with a problem. I like the 2:58 mark. And the 4:40 mark is clearly ARFCOM approved.  |
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Originally Posted By eastonj:
So, I've probably wasted way too much time looking at dash cam videos on Youtube this weekend. Those Russian video compilations are crazy. But, I just found my favorite. For all the crazy that Russia does, you sometimes have to admire their pragmatism when dealing directly with a problem. I like the 2:58 mark. And the 4:40 mark is clearly ARFCOM approved.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaig0nVcDs
Didn't they just have a case like that in Maryland, where a NJ cop smoked a road-rager on the side of the road? |
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Just got 2 G1W-C's for my mum and dad. Quality is pretty decent for about $60 per camera! Only problem is they don't like Toshiba cards, so I had to swap with the Samsung cards from my car. |
Originally Posted By Mr_Mowett:
And this was in Australia where there's so much interesting wildlife to fuck.
And this was in Australia where there's so much interesting wildlife to fuck.
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Originally Posted By FiftyCalibre:
Just got 2 G1W-C's for my mum and dad. Quality is pretty decent for about $60 per camera! Only problem is they don't like Toshiba cards, so I had to swap with the Samsung cards from my car. I've been trying out a G1WH for a couple weeks now, been fairly impressed so far as a basic dashcam. I have some demo video that I haven't got up on YT yet. Due to some crap Nissan puts on the windshield, I haven't been able to get it tucked up behind the rearview mirror yet. Biggest problem is that my wife thinks I'm all paranoid now. I mean this, and not all the other stuff? Ha!! One of my cow-orkers got t-boned by a red-light runner last week. Luckily a couple witnesses stopped and confirmed he had the green light. So I was trying to tell my wife that a camera would have given confirmation too. |
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Originally Posted By TheGrayMan:
Didn't they just have a case like that in Maryland, where a NJ cop smoked a road-rager on the side of the road? Originally Posted By TheGrayMan:
Originally Posted By eastonj:
So, I've probably wasted way too much time looking at dash cam videos on Youtube this weekend. Those Russian video compilations are crazy. But, I just found my favorite. For all the crazy that Russia does, you sometimes have to admire their pragmatism when dealing directly with a problem. I like the 2:58 mark. And the 4:40 mark is clearly ARFCOM approved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaig0nVcDs
Didn't they just have a case like that in Maryland, where a NJ cop smoked a road-rager on the side of the road? when I was watching that I was like, oh crap, he's gonna get his car smashed "rack" .... oh just kidding. 
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Originally Posted By mPisi:
Biggest problem is that my wife thinks I'm all paranoid now. I mean this, and not all the other stuff? Ha!! One of my cow-orkers got t-boned by a red-light runner last week. Luckily a couple witnesses stopped and confirmed he had the green light. So I was trying to tell my wife that a camera would have given confirmation too. I ordered a G1W-C to try out in my truck. Recently I've been driving more often and have had more than my fair share of crazies. And yea, my girlfriend thinks I'm paranoid for buying it. It must run in the female chromosome. I tried to explain to her that $67 for a camera that helps in an accident is far cheaper than the $20k the other guy sues you for. She didn't get it. But she did say "Among all the other things you waste money on, at least this is somewhat reasonable". That's good enough for me.
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Originally Posted By NoloContendere:
i witnessed a vehicle crash in front of me. i pulled over and waited for the cops to come, and told the cop "i got it on video!" lol Stop snitching
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Originally Posted By NoloContendere:
i witnessed a vehicle crash in front of me. i pulled over and waited for the cops to come, and told the cop "i got it on video!" lol Summons inbound.
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Originally Posted By miker84: I've been playing with the G1W. A little frustrating to get setup, but I'm getting there. My main issue seems to be with the microSD. The 1080 video files don't seem to like a class4 card and end up being corrupted, but 720 is working. Ordered a class 10 to see if that will work with the 1080. internet and it seems to be a common problem. There's a fix that involves wiping the card on you computer, using another program to reformat it, and praying to the new moon while splattered in the blood of a chicken. The other solution the forums mentioned is to slap in a card from another manufacturer. That seemed easier to me so I tried that. Lo and behold, the second card works great. Cards are so cheap these days I would just try another brand. Those things have a great picture for how cheap they are. |
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Has anyone tried the RoadHawkHD? I'm guessing you can't add a polarizing filter, but it looks nice otherwise. I'm not in a position to buy one right now, but I would like a car cam. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXB186Y/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl  ETA: There is also a direct wire accessory for it: http://www.amazon.com/Timetec-Wiring-Roadhawk-Vehicle-Blackbox/dp/B00HWHBQX4/ref=pd_sim_e_1 |
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Originally Posted By aklferris:
Has anyone tried the RoadHawkHD? I'm guessing you can't add a polarizing filter, but it looks nice otherwise. I'm not in a position to buy one right now, but I would like a car cam. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXB186Y/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lqz6hkj7L.jpg ETA: There is also a direct wire accessory for it: http://www.amazon.com/Timetec-Wiring-Roadhawk-Vehicle-Blackbox/dp/B00HWHBQX4/ref=pd_sim_e_1 Yeah I was just looking at that one the other day. A little disappointed it doesn't have a rear facing camera as well. |
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Originally Posted By eastonj:
So, I've probably wasted way too much time looking at dash cam videos on Youtube this weekend. Those Russian video compilations are crazy. But, I just found my favorite. For all the crazy that Russia does, you sometimes have to admire their pragmatism when dealing directly with a problem. I like the 2:58 mark. And the 4:40 mark is clearly ARFCOM approved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqaig0nVcDs
Dang... just imagine when those types start doing this here in US also. 
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Originally Posted By aklferris: Has anyone tried the RoadHawkHD? I'm guessing you can't add a polarizing filter, but it looks nice otherwise. I'm not in a position to buy one right now, but I would like a car cam. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXB186Y/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lqz6hkj7L.jpg ETA: There is also a direct wire accessory for it: http://www.amazon.com/Timetec-Wiring-Roadhawk-Vehicle-Blackbox/dp/B00HWHBQX4/ref=pd_sim_e_1 It seems that if you used the tripod mounting hole, you could turn it to face the side window during a traffic stop, too. I sure would like our moderator's comments on this item. |
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Found a deal on Massdrop, for a Blackvue vehicle camera... front AND back cameras in the same system (don't know if both the front and rear cameras require their own memory card):
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Originally Posted By mPisi:
I've been trying out a G1WH for a couple weeks now, been fairly impressed so far as a basic dashcam. I have some demo video that I haven't got up on YT yet. Due to some crap Nissan puts on the windshield, I haven't been able to get it tucked up behind the rearview mirror yet. Short G1HW clip from tonight at dusk, it looked a lot closer in person:
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Originally Posted By TheGrayMan: Found a deal on Massdrop, for a Blackvue vehicle camera... front AND back cameras in the same system (don't know if both the front and rear cameras require their own memory card): Linkaroo Dang it... how much was it? I have been checking out reviews of that cam system over the last few days. It looks pretty cool. It only needs 1 card. I don't like the shiny lens though... I park outside at night and don't need a broken window and a missing cam. |
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Originally Posted By aklferris:
Dang it... how much was it? I have been checking out reviews of that cam system over the last few days. It looks pretty cool. It only needs 1 card. I don't like the shiny lens though... I park outside at night and don't need a broken window and a missing cam. Originally Posted By aklferris:
Originally Posted By TheGrayMan:
Found a deal on Massdrop, for a Blackvue vehicle camera... front AND back cameras in the same system (don't know if both the front and rear cameras require their own memory card): Linkaroo Dang it... how much was it? I have been checking out reviews of that cam system over the last few days. It looks pretty cool. It only needs 1 card. I don't like the shiny lens though... I park outside at night and don't need a broken window and a missing cam. Don't recall... maybe $270 or so? I almost posted that in GD, but didn't want to spam it out there on the whole forum. Next time I find a deal like that, I'll publicize it better. |
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Originally Posted By BCV:
Which one? Originally Posted By BCV:
Originally Posted By ARDestructo:
I thought about putting down for that one. But I checked the reviews and it said the image quality wasn't so hot. Which one? The Massdrop deal for the Blackvue |
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Ordered my first dashcam a Cobra CDR 810, should get it Tuesday from Amazon and hopefully a first impression next weekend.
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Originally Posted By CujoTwoOne:
Ordered my first dashcam a Cobra CDR 810, should get it Tuesday from Amazon and hopefully a first impression next weekend. http://i.imgur.com/CKCt9E8.jpg Infrared LEDs will screw up your view by reflecting off the inside of the windshield. Hope those can be turned off... |
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Originally Posted By RyJones: You can hear me working the tiller to the stops to regain control. When I got past the rail on the left, I was looking out into a huge rock-strewn hillside thinking "if I'm going to crash out, I'm going to hit the rail on the uphill side, not sail into space on the downhill side" which came out as "nope nope nope nope". Also, I didn't like the girly gasp, but there it is. I'll own being in the white and behind the vehicle for the first couple of frames, but I came out without any bent metal, just a bruised ego. I watch it to remind myself to be aware of conditions; I was ignoring them that day. I went back and forth on disabling audio; I now chose to capture the data and delete later. The first responders can laugh at my singing along to the radio and I'll live. I used a go pro for a while, but honestly, for this use it sucks. I bought some Eye Fi cards to try to have the cameras upload to a laptop in the car. This does not work. The write speed on the fastest eyefis is not fast enough to keep up. Give yourself a big pat on the back for saving it, most drivers wouldn't have a chance. |
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