Car video recorder do you have one?

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Car video recorder do you have one?

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Ok just ordered a Blackvue 400 HD one, I know there expensive but I like the Idea of peace of mind incase of an accident and also may make you think of your own driving standards.

Does anyone use such a device?
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In the recent past I used brown tape to attach my HTC Sensation phone to the rear view mirror and recorded my journey to work to see if it was ok.

A short snippet of the journey can be seen here - a rather odd bit with a lorry driver trying to shoo a baby rabbit off the road!

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The entire thing, if you really are that bored can be found here. The problem with the phonecam is that the autofocus seems to zoom in and out constantly, making it appear in some cases that I am closer to cars, or that I am accelerating really jerkily and quickly. This was filmed in RUNN (a 1.9TD Xantia), therefore quickly is not really possible..

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dont use it for the car, but have a 'mini DVR' i got from ebay that i mounted to my bike helmet for a bit of footage,
one of these with a 4gb class 10 card in, (had a class 4 in and was a little jerkey as writing to card so upped the speed and is spot on!)
bit of footage here, in a car it would be much smoother due to not having a head constantly moving hahaha!!)
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I've been thinking about getting something for the accident reason and just so I can look back and see what the roads were like in 10 years time. When you've had a play with your recorder could you let us know what you think of it?
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I've been thinking about wearing a helmet constantly when outdoors, in case a tortoise falls on my head.
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Thats a fair point Adam, I never thought of it like that.
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To be more serious, the dash camera may prove incriminating for some of us! :wink:

At least in Australia the logged data in an car's sundry ECUs has NEVER (yet) been accepted as admissible evidence in a legal case. That would extend to cameras placed by an owner or driver. I don't know how the UK stands re in-car data logs, but have not heard of them ever being submitted as evidence - whether to prosecute or defend.

Of course the sellers of such cameras wouldn't let on that they are probably marketing their devices on a false premise...

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addo wrote:I've been thinking about wearing a helmet constantly when outdoors, in case a tortoise falls on my head.
We have more cats round here than tortoises. I was considering one in case of attack from above, complete with neck guard.
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Fridges are very prevalent where i live, they tumble out of blocks of flats on a regular basis. I think a vertically pointing camera has some merit. :lol:
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SaabC5 wrote:Fridges are very prevalent where i live, they tumble out of blocks of flats on a regular basis. I think a vertically pointing camera has some merit. :lol:
A long time ago now, I was staying with a mate in Thornaby. There was a party in a flat across the way, 10th floor. They chucked the gas cooker over the balcony at 2am.
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