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

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

On viewing it doesn't look like the driver did that on purpose at all to me.

He wasn't going fast, the section of road under the bridge is only a very slight bend and the roads weren't icy.....and he must have indicated by accident too if he didn't do it on purpose :eek:

By the way, the clip I posted above is from a new 1080 HD cam I bought from China. Specs below, i'll post up a new sample clip when it actually stops raining with no resulting mud spots\streaks on my windscreen! I haven't had a clear rainless daylight day yet for driving since I got the cam. Even when it didn't rain, splashes from other traffic have muddied up the view!

It takes a microsd card, I have a class 10 16gb Sandisk ultra in mine. The software they supply doesn't work in Win7 so GPS portion(location) may in fact be useless though it does track your speed onscreen in the MOV file but I don't really use the GPS so not a big deal. The cam reads regs of cars fine, not just those in front of you, also in the lanes beside you. The suction cup supplied has to be 'enhanced' to make it stick, I apply hand sanitiser to the base which makes it a solid stick to the windscreen. It hangs from the windscreen about the same height as your car mirror, its small, light and compact but uses a screw to hold it in, its not a clip on clip off solution which is a downer. Just takes a few seconds longer to screw on\unscrew off.

Link from dx.com
http://dx.com/p/1-5-tft-lcd-5-0mp-wide-angle-cmos-car-dvr-camcorder-w-4-ir-night-version-gps-g-sensor-black-149803
Model GS5000
Qty 1 piece(s) per pack
Color Black
Material Plastic + Aluminum alloy
Camera Lens 1
Image sensor CMOS
Image sensor size 1/2.5 degree
Effective Pixels 5.0 MP
Digital zoom 4X
Wide angle 140 degree
Screen size 1.5 inch
Screen type TFT
Exposure compensation +0, -0.3, -0.7, -1, -1.3, -1.7, -2, +2, +1.7, +1.3, +1, +0.3
Anti-Shake No
White balance mode Auto/daylight/cloudy/tungsten/flourescent
Scene mode No
Video format MOV
Video Output PAL / NTSC / HDMI
Video resolution 1920 x 1080 / 1440 x 1080 / 1280 x 720 / 848 x 480
Video frame rate 30 fps
Still image format JPEG
Still image resolution 2592 x 1944 (5M) / 3M / 12M
Audio system Monophony
Motion Detection Yes
Auto-Power on Yes
Night Vision 4-IR LED
GPS Logger Yes
Loop Record 256MB / 128MB / 512MB
Time Stamp Yes
Microphone Yes
Built-in memory 32MB
Storage expansion TF
Max capacity 32GB G
Data interface Mini USB
AV interface AV-out / HDMI
Battery Capacity 500mAh
Working Time 1~2 H
Operating Voltage Input: DC 12~24V, output: DC 5V/1.0A
Language English/Italian/Japanese/Russian/Simplified Chinese/Traditional Chinese
Other features Built-in GPS, recording travel speed, driving track (optional); G-Sensor to keep the record of sensor data at emergency cannot be covered (optional)
Manufacturer's Warranty 12 Months excluding physical damages (see specifications for terms and details)
Packing List 1 x Car DVR Camcorder
1 x Car charger (12~24V/350cm)
1 x AV cable (80cm)
1 x USB cable (50cm)
1 x HDMI cable (50cm)
1 x Car bracket
1 x CD
1 x English/Russian/Chinese user manual