Dashcam - Asking for trouble?
Discussion
I've been thinking about getting a dash cam for a while now, it seems every day you see some sort of footage in the news and they seem pretty common place.
A few years ago I was driven into by a van (side swiped), the driver tried to claim 50/50. This took over a year to resolve and to prove the van driver was 100% at fault was a ridiculously long process. With a dash cam this would have been a quick closed case.
The only thing holding me back is fear of incriminating myself by having the camera on all the time.I sometimes drive 'progressively' where suitable & my daily commute features some lovely country roads.
There are many horror stories in the motorcycling community of riders with Go-pros being pulled, cameras and memory cards seized and footage of them blipping 100+ (easily done on a sports bike) used to prosecute. For this reason I have never felt the desire of using my Go-pro on the bike.
My questions are
- Can the Police seize dash cam footage if suspected speeding?
- In the event of an accident, is all the footage shown/analysed or can you only show short series of the events leading up to the crash and the incident itself?
- Are any of the cams encrypted so only you can access the footage?
Thanks
A few years ago I was driven into by a van (side swiped), the driver tried to claim 50/50. This took over a year to resolve and to prove the van driver was 100% at fault was a ridiculously long process. With a dash cam this would have been a quick closed case.
The only thing holding me back is fear of incriminating myself by having the camera on all the time.I sometimes drive 'progressively' where suitable & my daily commute features some lovely country roads.
There are many horror stories in the motorcycling community of riders with Go-pros being pulled, cameras and memory cards seized and footage of them blipping 100+ (easily done on a sports bike) used to prosecute. For this reason I have never felt the desire of using my Go-pro on the bike.
My questions are
- Can the Police seize dash cam footage if suspected speeding?
- In the event of an accident, is all the footage shown/analysed or can you only show short series of the events leading up to the crash and the incident itself?
- Are any of the cams encrypted so only you can access the footage?
Thanks
tapereel said:
"Jailed for 2 years" seems crazy to me! Thanks for the responses, until they create a wipe all footage button I'm going off the idea of a dash cam.
Anyone used the Drift Ghost?
It has a mode called "video tagging", the camera is constantly recording 90 second clips and the older footage gets overwritten. The footage is only saved when you press the record button. This saves the last 90 or 120 seconds of footage.
This could be a great solution as if a non fault accident does occur just hit record, if you get pulled for doing something naughty just leave it alone and it will delete the footage.
https://driftinnovation.com/collections/cameras-ne...
It has a mode called "video tagging", the camera is constantly recording 90 second clips and the older footage gets overwritten. The footage is only saved when you press the record button. This saves the last 90 or 120 seconds of footage.
This could be a great solution as if a non fault accident does occur just hit record, if you get pulled for doing something naughty just leave it alone and it will delete the footage.
https://driftinnovation.com/collections/cameras-ne...
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