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

Tallon · 01-10-2012 11:14AM

soups05 wrote: »

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.

Everything after the '=' and before the '&' on YouTube is what you pop in the box here on Boards

/I]YOUTUBE]_PooTPl-6fs[/YOUTUBE[I

soups05 · 01-10-2012 11:30AM

http://www.youtube.com/embed/_PooTPl-6fs

like that ? I just don't see any plus in my link ???

Tallon · 01-10-2012 11:42AM

soups05 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/embed/_PooTPl-6fs

like that ? I just don't see any plus in my link ???

Nope, re-read my comment...

Everything after the '=' and before the '&'

If there's no '&' then it's just everything after the '='

From the URL at the top of the YouTube page

Simply_Jay · 04-10-2012 09:53AM

MORE RUSSIAN FIGHT VIDEOS! I NEED MORE!!!

Totofan99 · 05-10-2012 03:54AM

Just a quick question about these dash cams. I'm thinking of getting one, but can I get one that doesn't have to be plugged into the cigarette lighter receptacle? My car doesn't have one (Yes, it's that old!!!). It'd be handy if you could just get one that you could charge by plugging it into a wall socket and then it'd stay going for a few hours, ya know?

Tallon · 05-10-2012 05:52AM

Totofan99 wrote: »

Just a quick question about these dash cams. I'm thinking of getting one, but can I get one that doesn't have to be plugged into the cigarette lighter receptacle? My car doesn't have one (Yes, it's that old!!!). It'd be handy if you could just get one that you could charge by plugging it into a wall socket and then it'd stay going for a few hours, ya know?

You would never use it in that case, trust me

I don't even notice it anymore when I get in as its all automatic.

It would be very very easy to wire it to you ignition

Simply_Jay · 05-10-2012 10:07AM

yep, or you can just drop a laptop into your trunk with a pinhead-size wireless cam (or even wired if disguised properly) facing anything you'd like it to face and recording for much longer+ performing other actions like you know sound alarm or anything. that is if you don't want to mess with wiring dash cam to ignition

Totofan99 · 05-10-2012 09:13PM

Tallon wrote: »

You would never use it in that case, trust me

I don't even notice it anymore when I get in as its all automatic.

It would be very very easy to wire it to you ignition

Fair point. Thanks for the advice!

Totofan99 · 05-10-2012 09:14PM

Simply_Jay wrote: »

yep, or you can just drop a laptop into your trunk with a pinhead-size wireless cam (or even wired if disguised properly) facing anything you'd like it to face and recording for much longer+ performing other actions like you know sound alarm or anything. that is if you don't want to mess with wiring dash cam to ignition

Good idea!!

eqwjewoiujqorj · 05-10-2012 09:36PM

Simply_Jay wrote: »

yep, or you can just drop a laptop into your trunk

with a pinhead-size wireless cam (or even wired if disguised properly) facing anything you'd like it to face

and recording for much longer+ performing other actions like you know sound alarm or anything.

that is if you don't want to mess with wiring dash cam to ignition

How would power the laptop though?

Battery would only last a certain number of hours and would then have to be recharged.

ironclaw · 05-10-2012 09:37PM

Simply_Jay wrote: »

yep, or you can just drop a laptop into your trunk with a pinhead-size wireless cam (or even wired if disguised properly) facing anything you'd like it to face and recording for much longer+ performing other actions like you know sound alarm or anything. that is if you don't want to mess with wiring dash cam to ignition

Far more effort than wiring an ignition. Plus you'd be asking for trouble with programs not running when they should, starting / stopping the PC and the constant vibration would eventually ruin the hard drive.

It honestly is not that hard to find a switched ignition source in your fuse box, which is normally handily located for such uses. Any half decent mechanic or DIY enthusiast could do it.

Marlow · 14-10-2012 07:01PM

Here's a bit of a dash-cam video from Russia.

While it's no so much about saving your arse, it's definatly some lucky escape for the truck driver there. Had he had seatbelts on, it might have looked worse for him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL2zHtvfvBA

Dash-cams give us more interesting footage

/M

deandean · 15-10-2012 10:36AM

My first post, hope it works.
Poor driving: tailgating, undertaking, fast-lane hogging, etc. I was leaving the Micra space to pull into the left lane.
Blackvue DR400G, the time is not correct.

Builderfromhell · 17-10-2012 10:19AM

Thinking a GoPro camera might be good as a dash cam as well as for my kayaking etc.
Price seems OK compared to dedicated dash cameras.
What do you think?

http://gopro.com/

Marlow · 17-10-2012 10:22AM

Builderfromhell wrote: »

Thinking a GoPro camera might be good as a dash cam as well as for my kayaking etc.
Price seems OK compared to dedicated dash cameras.
What do you think?

http://gopro.com/

A GoPro is vastly superior than a simple dashcam, but most dashcams can show date, time and speed in the video and have gps build in. The gopro does not.

/M

Builderfromhell · 17-10-2012 10:37AM

Good point.
Might be better than nothing though.

Does anyone know if insurance companies give lower premiums to those with cameras.

cormie · 17-10-2012 10:45AM

You'd be better off getting a good quality dash cam like the iTronics ITB100HD rather than a gopro. A go pro is probably a better camera alright, but an iTronics would be a better blackbox.

Marlow · 17-10-2012 04:05PM

Builderfromhell wrote: »

Good point.
Might be better than nothing though.

Does anyone know if insurance companies give lower premiums to those with cameras.

There's another advantage to proper dashcams. They power on and off with the ignition, if your cigarette lighter does it or you wire it into a circuit, that does.

The gopro you'll have to turn on and off everytime yourself. It has a one button function, that'll help it, but with the dash-cam you wire it in and forget about it. Only ever need to touch it, if you need some video from it.

The GoPro is a serious little cam. I have one myself and I love it. But for a dash-cam it's a bit pricey. I have a hd-capable gps dash cam, which cost me less than 180 eur for the use as dash-cam.

The gopro is really something for outdoors video footage and sports footage. For that it's the best you can get though.

As for insurance, you'd have to ask them yourself. It's unlikely.

/M

Nissan doctor · 24-10-2012 10:08PM

Tried a HUD app for the phone that works pretty well with the camera...

RandomAccess · 24-10-2012 11:06PM

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Tried a HUD app for the phone that works pretty well with the camera...

And then this happened...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPeHFDxKUP4#t=01m48s

housetypeb · 26-10-2012 11:27AM

I came across this the other day, Little old lady going serenely the wrong way around the roundabout, not a bother on her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Cs7EkTx6U

Tallon · 26-10-2012 11:28AM

I seen the same 3 times this week

All old ladies!

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housetypeb · 26-10-2012 11:31AM

They don't drive too fast anyway.

Belfunk · 28-10-2012 05:15PM

I am looking to purchase the ITRONICS ITB-100HD however i also need it to record over night when the engine is off. Anyone able to advise me if this is what i need to have constant power http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/ITRONICS-ITB-100HD-UNINTERRUPTED-POWER-CABLE-ITV-80-NEW-BLACK-BOX-NOT-INCLUDED-/110968905341?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d6431e7d#ht_6720wt_922

Would this have any effect on the car battery, it wouldn't drain it over night?

Tallon · 28-10-2012 06:00PM

Yes. It will drain your battery

cormie · 28-10-2012 09:35PM

Belfunk wrote: »

I am looking to purchase the ITRONICS ITB-100HD however i also need it to record over night when the engine is off. Anyone able to advise me if this is what i need to have constant power http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/ITRONICS-ITB-100HD-UNINTERRUPTED-POWER-CABLE-ITV-80-NEW-BLACK-BOX-NOT-INCLUDED-/110968905341?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d6431e7d#ht_6720wt_922

Would this have any effect on the car battery, it wouldn't drain it over night?

The ITB100HD has a parking mode so it records any sensed movement. With a 32gb sd card on the highest quality, you'll only get 8 hours of footage also. I'm not sure if it takes 64gb cards so if you want a solution to continuously record from say, the time you get home 7pm to leaving at 7am, this won't really work, unless you're ok with a lower quality setting and also setting the card to record 100% "normal" movement.

With the camera plugged in overnight, in parking mode, the battery won't be drained unless it's a weak battery.

Kintarō Hattori · 29-10-2012 10:37AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMXm7qyXtHk

Heading home from town yesterday. A Passat pulls into our lane without any indication before making a left turn.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 29-10-2012 10:44AM

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMXm7qyXtHk

Heading home from town yesterday. A Passat pulls into our lane without any indication before making a left turn.

that's a terrible stretch of road there

always assholes parked on the road and this type of move goes on a lot.

plus 1 for reacting quickly