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As you might imagine, this is related to my accident thread.
What are some good dash cams that you would recommend that would be able to record everything in a driving day? Do you have any models you use yourself? How well do they work? What's their track record? Have they ever actually really helped you in a sketchy situation where you needed them?
I use a cheap one that works pretty good. I think it's from Dawson. Not as clear as GoPro, but for $40, does the job. Look on Amazon.com. They have a lot of them.
This is what I use. Veho VCC-005-MUVI-HD10 Muvi HD 1080p
Its fairly small, not super expensive, HD, wide angle lens(super beneficial for dash cams), has a loop mode, continuous recording that can break it up into 15 minute blocks, file protect settings to not overwrite a 15 min block you want saved, and my favorite, sound activation. My power locks automatically wakes it up and starts recording. It stops 2 minutes after it stops hearing sounds.
Many cameras out there wont charge and record at the same time. This one does with a Garmin GPS 12v charger. That was important to me.
This shows cloudy and night shots. Night time is always going to be a challenge. It was also shot in 720, not 1080. 1080 is an option, but I had a small memory card in it at the time.
Ive been using this camera for a few years now, its held up to the very hot summers here in Georgia and still works like a champ.
There was one time when a guy nearly ran me off the road and started to brake check and drive like crap. I passed him, cop saw that, pulled me over. He was going to get me for speeding until I showed him the video, he let me go.
Just a few weeks ago, a lady pulled right out in front of me. Slowed to less then 5 mph to try to jump to the fast lane, got mad at me because I was right on her tail, but that kinda happens when you pull in front of people. She then followed me once I passed. She actually called the cops on me. She lied, told the cops I was following her and she was scared. Cops eventually pull me over. Again, showed the video, proved that I passed her legally, no horn blowing or nothing. Just a perfectly legal pass. Showed me making my uturn, then pulling into a parking lot. Cop's had to deal with her for the false report. It proved that I was not following her like she said.
Also a month or so ago, 55mph two lane road. Had a couple slow cars, made a legal pass. Cop turns around and pulls me over. He said that I was speeding and passed on a double yellow. I didnt have to show him the video, but I pointed it out that the speed zone is actually 55 and it was a single broken yellow that I passed on and the video will show that.
Yup, thats the one. I had to get creative and make my own suction cup mount for the windshield, but some people will just find a place to clip it on.
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