"Crash for cash" incidents where fraudsters commit staged accidents to claim on other motorists insurance are at an all-time high. The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) estimates more than 30,000 accidents were staged last year costing insurance companies around £350 million. All of these costs are passed back to the policy holder increasing their premiums on average by up to £44.00
This lorry driver was going about his daily driving when the car in front brakes hard causing him to collide in to his rear. On later inspection the insurance company involved deemed the video to be suspect and passed it on to the Police. After a lengthy investigation the police have busted what they believe to be a possible crash for cash ring involving over 120 staged accidents in the last year, potentially totalling more than £3m of insurance fraud. "We believe this to be a decoy rear end shunt in which two cars are involved. When the lorry driver pulls in to the left hand lane the Mercedes closes the gap between itself and the car in front. The VW Golf makes a sudden turn causing the Merc to brake hard. We think the Golf is used as a decoy to give the Merc the excuse of having to stop quickly". This clearly demonstrates the advantage of having a RoadHawk forward facing GPS black box video camera to your vehicle.
Tallon wrote: » There's an Irish site!!!http://www.roadhawk.ie/
robbie_998 wrote: » I'm selling my RH2 that i very rarely used for about €70 less than them weirdly enough i bought it for €350, less than the guys themselves. anyway. great system and all sorts - really does the biz very well.
randy hickey wrote: » So you're only knocking €50 off what you paid?:eek:
eqwjewoiujqorj wrote: » Well, it 'stands' him 350€:D
robbie_998 wrote: » for something i used about 3 times. yeah. and your saving €70 for nothing and getting the exact same product. eh ? anyway its not about my pricing or my advert .... its about the fact these things are actually worth it !
Tallon wrote: » You don't get any warranty though
Guy:Incognito wrote: » I'd be much more in favour of making them put bluetooth in as standard. Much more important safety feature.
vibe666 wrote: » could be a good man to know if i ever get my car pc project off the ground.
cormie wrote: » Well for me the main things are: Continuous recording - continuously loops the recording over older footage. Emergency footage - instantly saves important footage such as a shock to the car (detected by G sensor), or when emergency button manually pressed, where it saves the previous and following footage before the incident to a file that will not be recorded over in the continuous loops process. G Sensor - Detects motion in the camera and allows the emergency saves GPS - Shows where you are Speed - Shows your speed (I'm not sure if this is possible with all models equipped with GPS ability?) 12v connection - Will fit right into your car cigarette adaptor or can of course be hard-wired Discreet - Won't stick out to would be thieves These to me are the most important features and I wouldn't buy anything without any of the above. The DRS1100/Roadhawk meets all the above, but the quality could be a lot better. The link Davy provided above shows a lot of products, some of the footage looks very good quality wise but I'm not sure if any of them have all of the above features?
freestyla wrote: » Any thread about this yet? how is it going?
rolion wrote: » So far,this one or this one does all the above !?
vibe666 wrote: » if you have an android or iphone, there are apps you can get that will use your phone as a dash cam and combine the feed with audio, GPS and accelerometer info as well and record in whatever the highest video quality your phone will record in. the best bit being that you already have the hardware, so you just need to buy the software which is a couple of quid, or you can usually get a trial or limited functionality version for free. with my htc desire hd that means 720p recording with sound, and i can set it to only buffer the video and not save it unless the accelerometer detects i have an accident, or i press the manual save button which will save the previous 20 minutes of video and the next 5 minutes after the record button was pressed. my only other purchase was a windscreen mount for my phone with a hole for the camera (which I guess you could even drill out yourself in a pinch) for about 3-4 quid off ebay. so assuming you already have the phone, you can have a dash cam with up to HD recording (depending on the phone) for less than a tenner. the one i use on android is called AutoGuard Blackbox if anyone is interested. and that's the other thing, you can still turn off the screen with mine and even if you don't it looks like a phone or GPS (because it is). you can have the screen off or on and just have it recording in the background and leave the main phone desktop showing with a tiny icon up in the notification area.
Deleted User wrote: » I use DailyRoads Voyager. It has all the features I need including looping, sound recording, gps/speed etc. Also has a great feature that if it detects a preset g-force it will automatically save the video. You can also set how lons the looping will be. I have mine set to 5 minutes. As you said I got a nice small mount which is great (This is the mount, took less than 2 weeks to get to me!!). Only cost around 4 euro!
Vertakill wrote: » Looks really nice! Anything like that for iPhone? It's not in the app market as far as I can see.
Deleted User wrote: » A quick google search came up with this: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dashcam/id396087757?mt=8 Have a search for "dashcam" in the market
Deleted User wrote: » I use DailyRoads Voyager. It has all the features I need including looping, sound recording, gps/speed etc. Also has a great feature that if it detects a preset g-force it will automatically save the video. You can also set how long the looping will be. I have mine set to 5 minutes. As you said I got a nice small mount which is great (This is the mount, took less than 2 weeks to get to me!!). Only cost around 4 euro!
rolion wrote: » I would add to the list,which otherwise is more than adequate for what we need: -High Definition recording (720/1080) -internal microphone ,optional ? -car colour/number plate identification on playback (not sure how that works,but possible duable as if it has HD 1080) -usb interface so it can be 'seen' directly from the PC -user friendly software for playback and GPS mapping -very wide,ultra wide front lens angle -back lens for recording from sides/back while driving,also driver reaction/position -built-in battery to keep it going for few hours -auto start/pause/stop,based on voltage signal command coming from cigarette adaptor -pric€ ?!! So far,this one or this one does all the above !?
Gareth2011 wrote: » How does it work at night on dark roads with and without street lighting? It installs onto an IPhone does it or its an actual piece like a GPS?
vibe666 wrote: » no, most likely won't be for a while now either. our baby was sick in the new year and my wife has decided to take extended (unpaid) time on maternity leave to spend more time with him as a result. still, it's one of the joys of parenthood, sacrificing all your time, money and dreams in favour of looking after little people.
freestyla wrote: » Here with Samsung Galaxy looks faster/smoother recording
Alanstrainor wrote: » Is anyone using a go pro or similar for this? Not ideal, since they won't loop the recording. But the quality would be top notch, and with a large card you could get maybe 7/8 hours out of one. I have a Drift HD170, and I have a car mount on order. So I'll report back on how it looks. But the image quality is superb, when using it outdoors, so it should look good in the car too.
cormie wrote: » t If GO Pro is the one used by bikers, snowboarders etc which I've seen before it looked brilliant, if there was something similar quality wise with the blackbox features of loop/GPS and those mentioned above I'd be interested.
johngalway wrote: » What kind of mount/holder would work best for a Samsung Galaxy S 2. I was impressed by the video above and downloaded the app.
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