Dash cam saves your ass (no Roundabout stuff please :)

God Father · 24-09-2012 07:39PM

vibe666 wrote: »

thanks for that, i'm assuming you are (or at least speak) russian?

google translate actually does sort of okay with it too.

Ha nope it was my interpretation of your quote that chrome translated for me

L-M · 25-09-2012 12:48PM

Anyone wanna watch me just drive around normally? Lol there's nought doing about Limerick :P

TigerTim · 25-09-2012 01:13PM

Not much happening in Kerry either. Since I installed the camera about 4 months ago, not one decent clip of anyone acting the maggot.

T.

Harcrid · 25-09-2012 01:34PM

I installed my cam after two very close calls in three days. That was earlier this summer and nothing has happened since. Long may it last!

kingtut · 25-09-2012 06:06PM

I'd love to get a dash cam, any recommendations for which one to get ?

Sterling Archer · 25-09-2012 06:38PM

kingtut wrote: »

I'd love to get a dash cam, any recommendations for which one to get ?

It'll really depend on what you want it for, do you just want a dashcam or a Blackbox style camera

vibe666 · 25-09-2012 08:39PM

kingtut wrote: »

I'd love to get a dash cam, any recommendations for which one to get ?

it depends on how much you want to spend i guess.

check out techmoan's reviews for some good tips on what you might want to get and take it from there.

personally i'd say go for a half decent relatively cheap one first to see if you like the idea of it in practice rather than blowing 100 quid odd on a fancy one right off the bat, but that's up to you.

Builderfromhell · 26-09-2012 12:01PM

Have been pondering getting Dash cam more for video taping idiot drivers than anything else. However, yesterdays near fatal car accident, when a car hit a wall head on just as I was exiting a driveway, got me thinking that a camera would be very useful.
Two things are going through my mind.

1. A camera facing front is most useful but a side and rear facing lense would be good too. If I had had a side camera I could have recorded the driver skidding about 100 ft, being on phone and much too close to ditch etc.

2. Could an iphone or normal digital camera be somehow mounted on dash and used while driving. It could then be easily removed at journey's end and the savings from not buying a dash cam could be used for buying a good quality iPhone or digital camera.

Kenny Logins · 26-09-2012 12:04PM

Builderfromhell wrote: »

Have been pondering getting Dash cam more for video taping idiot drivers than anything else. However, yesterdays near fatal car accident, when a car hit a wall head on just as I was exiting a driveway, got me thinking that a camera would be very useful.
Two things are going through my mind.

1. A camera facing front is most useful but a side and rear facing lense would be good too. If I had had a side camera I could have recorded the driver skidding about 100 ft, being on phone and much too close to ditch etc.

2. Could an iphone or normal digital camera be somehow mounted on dash and used while driving. It could then be easily removed at journey's end and the savings from not buying a dash cam could be used for buying a good quality iPhone or digital camera.

You can use a phone, but TBH a permanently mounted dedicated camera would be more practical IMHO.

I have used this before but after a while you just won't bother switching it on -

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dailyroads.v

sambucus · 26-09-2012 12:34PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

You can use a phone, but TBH a permanently mounted dedicated camera would be more practical IMHO.

I have used this before but after a while you just won't bother switching it on -

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dailyroads.v

Thats an android app. The one I use is called "witness" for iphone.
One of Fifth gears top 5 apps for driving!
works ok now that I have a horizontal mount now saved me from the vertical video sin I commited earlier on in this thread, 12 euro from tesco
see page 47 on this thread for the demo

L-M · 27-09-2012 01:23PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIRmNZ_CbIw

Corolla that pulls out infront of me and an Avensis that pulls straight out across the road and parks in an island for turning right.

Had two good day time videos but I fecking deleted them by accident

whowantstwoknow · 27-09-2012 01:29PM

You seem to hopping the lane quite a bit, from being in the rightmost lane, you hit the roundabout in the leftmost (which is a left turn only) while processing to going straight through the roundabout & cutting into the rightmost lane...

So you must be an Irish driver!!

TestTransmission · 27-09-2012 01:33PM

whowantstwoknow wrote: »

You seem to hopping the lane quite a bit, from being in the rightmost lane, you hit the roundabout in the leftmost (which is a left turn only) while processing to going straight through the roundabout & cutting into the rightmost lane...

So you must be an Irish driver!!

I was just about to say the same ,ya may learn how to use a roundabout LM

L-M · 27-09-2012 01:33PM

whowantstwoknow wrote: »

You seem to hopping the lane quite a bit, from being in the rightmost lane, you hit the roundabout in the leftmost (which is a left turn only) while processing to going straight through the roundabout & cutting into the rightmost lane...

So you must be an Irish driver!!

As you can see the long bit at the first part there is a bus lane to the left. Coming down to the roundabout I cut through it to save me having to brake and cut tight in around the roundabout (Half one in the morning, no cars around). I had my right indicator on and then flicked it left.

L-M · 27-09-2012 01:35PM

TestTransmission wrote: »

I was just about to say the same ,ya may learn how to use a roundabout LM

I know well how to use that roundabout. You know for a fact coming to that if you stick to the lanes (especially coming from the other side up) if you use it properly people always think you're turning off and pull out in front.

TestTransmission · 27-09-2012 02:29PM

Limerick man wrote: »

I know well how to use that roundabout. You know for a fact coming to that if you stick to the lanes (especially coming from the other side up) if you use it properly people always think you're turning off and pull out in front.

I always stick to the lanes there and never have an issue

Sterling Archer · 28-09-2012 01:28AM

To be fair at that hour i wouldn't fault you on the lane hoping, all though pulling into the lane closest to the center of the roundabout might be why the corolla pulled out, but i'm guessing you moved over thinking the corolla wasn't going to stop anyway, what was the avensis driver thinking, stupid move really.

keithsfleet · 28-09-2012 01:05PM

The title of this thread should be changed

Tallon · 28-09-2012 01:12PM

keithsfleet wrote: »

The title of this thread should be changed

To?

29-09-2012 03:45PM

Got my camera yesterday. The cables were very long as expected, but easy enough to hide. For the front I just hide the majority of the cable under passenger foot mat. For the rear, I just bundled the unused cable, taped it up, and stuffed it in between rear seats (can't be seen. And just ran the cable under trim.

The software that came on the micro SD wouldn't install in Win7 64bit (but I think these are just drivers for webcam anyway, no no problems). I just used Movie Maker to edit vids below, so might be a bit of loss in quality. I'm happy enough with the quality of the cam for daytime, and nighttime is fine too. Camera comes on as soon as power is given to the cigarette lighter, and it turns off after about 10-15seconds after power it turned off. So far, I'm very happy with it. Only problem so far is the time-stamp, but I was expecting that after the review from Techmoan. Also make a nice little tone when turning on/off so you know its working. Select 720p after hitting the little cog in bottom right of video.

It gone up in price by around €15 since I bought it.
www.ebay.ie/itm/271021038724

Sample video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3TiWJB76M

sentient_6 · 29-09-2012 05:08PM

keithsfleet wrote: »

The title of this thread should be changed

Tallon wrote: »

To?

'Post videos of your driving for criticism here'.

CiniO · 29-09-2012 05:50PM

Tallon wrote: »

To?

sentient_6 wrote: »

'Post videos of your driving for criticism here'.

To be honest, that would make sense to separate this thread into two.

One technical about dashcams, what and where to buy and some sample videos.

And other one with video of instersting road sitations recorded by boardies dashcams, so everyone can comment on a video as well.

At the moment this thread is getting a bit messy.

Tallon · 29-09-2012 05:53PM

I'd say a post about where, how and video footage locked, and linked in the charter so people can direct people to it, then just leave this thread as it is!

keithsfleet · 29-09-2012 07:16PM

Tallon wrote: »

To?

Sorry I've been away.
It's not really a "dash cam saves your ass" thread anymore.
It's gone a bit off topic and more about near misses mixed with criticism of the cam owners driving.

Sterling Archer · 30-09-2012 02:31AM

What do ye make of this cam http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Windscreen-Dash-Portable-Camera-Cam-Recorder-Car-Vehicle-DVR-Accident-/261092683991?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3cca5630d7#ht_2585wt_1163

Also maybe splitting the thread into a Dash cam Advice thread (only allowing review videos) and a Dash cam videos thread might work.

Opinicus · 30-09-2012 03:48AM

Doesn't seem to mention resolution at all which throws up a red flag for me. You'd want something to record in 720p at least, to have any hope of catching a reg passing you anyway. Watch out for ones saying they're 1280x960 as they're just upscaled 640x480.

You'd want 720 or 1080.

Tea drinker · 30-09-2012 07:08PM

keithsfleet wrote: »

Sorry I've been away.
It's not really a "dash cam saves your ass" thread anymore.
It's gone a bit off topic and more about near misses mixed with criticism of the cam owners driving.

I got critisised when I almost got wiped out by a woman driving the wrong way on the M4 near Athlone. I believe same woman killed someone with the same carry on a year or so back. Kinda hard to take criticism due to a car driving the wrong way on the mway at you. Shame I've no dash cam acton of it, best manoever I ever made.

On topic, my cigarette lighter doesn't shut off on key removal, any issues with this? And what's the current "boards approved cam" now?
:-)

soups05 · 01-10-2012 10:52AM

Tallon · 01-10-2012 10:55AM

soups05 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PooTPl-6fs

ok,i've had my little dash cam for awhile now so thought i would try uploading a clip. This happened this morning during the school run in Dundalk. The light clearly goes to amber then red but the bus driver sails on through anyway.

any advice re: editing or which programs to use would be great. When i play this in media player it is jerky and slow but media player classic it is perfect. ( I removed the sound as its nsfw )

fyp

What camera is that? Good quality

soups05 · 01-10-2012 11:08AM

Thanks tallon, I really must learn how to do that. as for the cam its the hd version smart cam which techmoan reviewed.back in april.

Dash cam saves your ass (no Roundabout stuff please :)

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