Driving recorder camera????

Wish I'd had one fitted in my car yesterday coming out of Nottingham on the A453, to record the lunatic driving of the t***er in the Jaguar estate car!! Talk about queue jumping!!!
 
Well, fortunately we all have the right to choose - to buy or not. And I don't think there's much of a case for not being filmed on a public road - unless you are a criminal of course :lol-053:

So, a couple of questions from me.

Would you need to keep your sunvisor down all the time to use the front camera shown in an earlier post? I don't think I would want that.

Does anyone have one that works as a proper rear view camera? I am thinking of getting a wireless one but there are so many to choose from.
 
Flip Flap said:
I wish I had one when................................................................................

I'm so glad that car did not have one when................................



If this vehicle is being driven discourteously? please phone....................


Bladdy bladdy bladdyeffin blahh.


People make mistakes, even the French Hickey, but what has happened to a "sorry" wave? Why the need to phone and complain? It's because it's
too bloody easy to pick up a moby and vent yer spleen these days, take a step back, have a wee think, did I, god forbid, make the mistake which triggered this situation.

Nah, the camera never lies.. Aye, righty flippin oh...
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Hard to cause a situation when you're stopped in traffic and you get an idiot playing hop-scotch in and out of the safe braking gaps the moving traffic in the lane next to you is leaving!

It's idiots like them that put up insurance rates for the rest of us. And no.... I don't claim to be the best driver in the world either! In fact if I had to take a driving test today I would probably fail it, like a lot of people would who have'nt taken a test in a long time.

Drivers like him cause accidents by making other traffic brake sharply by being forced to allow them in and risking causing rear end collisions from following traffic. But they get away scot free and more than likely don't even care if they do cause an accident, just so long as their own car is'nt scratched. :mad1:
 
I have had one for a while now, got it off Amazon with an SD card for £35. Sits next to interior mirror , stuck on by a sucker. Starts recording when I turn on the ignition, records in 15 min loops till the end of the card and then starts at the beginning of the card and so on.
 
Flip Flap said:
Well, I hope all you camera users realise that if it is situated within the part of the windsreen which is swept by the wipers YOU are committing an offence.

Now then, who reports you? And it will be an MOT fail if it's en situ when your vehicle is presented for test..

Think on before you demand they are made legal or you invite the law to come and see my camera.
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Had my MOT two weeks ago with camera in situ and it passed with no comment
 
Flip Flap said:
Well, I hope all you camera users realise that if it is situated within the part of the windsreen which is swept by the wipers YOU are committing an offence.

Now then, who reports you? And it will be an MOT fail if it's en situ when your vehicle is presented for test..

Think on before you demand they are made legal or you invite the law to come and see my camera.
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Fairly simple really, don't position the camera in an ilegal position. Quite basic really!
 
Flip Flap I think we get the message that you don't like cameras on windscreens. Always interesting to hear a different view even if we don't share it. But as you said originally, let's agree to differ.

Perhaps we can move on now as some of us want to talk about cameras.
 
that is right. Some truckers have had fails bcause of stuff in windows and curtains hiding the view.
 
Flip Flap said:
" Where items are present in the driver’s view (such as a sat nav, air freshener etc) that would justify a Reason for Rejection, the tester may, at their discretion, remove the items prior to the inspection. This fact should be noted on an Advisory Notice."

And if he is in a snotty mood you will get a fail. If you are in an accident and your frontal vision is questioned don't let the law see your camera, more to the point, don't let the insurance companies know you have impaired your forward vision.

Just advice, I don't give a monkeys if you ignore it and get done but if I save someone from losing a claim or their licence then I'm well happy.

The belated apology still stands whatever.
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It positions right in the bottom of the windscreen Derek. Similar position to a GPS. (centre bottom of screen not in zone A). Are you saying that we should all do away with GPS as well?
 
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Robmac said:
Mine was MOT'd last week with it in position Derek.
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I'm thinking of having one, mainly to record the hideous driving i encounter on a daily basis. On my way to work yesterday, along my street which is quite narrow, cars parked on one side, i have the right of way, a car came towards me, round the cars, i had right of way, and because i didn't let her through, she was forced into a space, the verbal abuse as i drove past is unrepeatable, i gave her the v sign, as i drove on, just checked in my mirror and she was getting out of the car, so i stopped and put my car in reverse, she soon hot footed it back in the car and drove off, the camera would not catch what could have happened next, but i could have used that in evidence after i had smashed her brains in lol.
 
fairytooth said:
Well, fortunately we all have the right to choose - to buy or not. And I don't think there's much of a case for not being filmed on a public road - unless you are a criminal of course :lol-053:

So, a couple of questions from me.

Would you need to keep your sunvisor down all the time to use the front camera shown in an earlier post? I don't think I would want that.

Does anyone have one that works as a proper rear view camera? I am thinking of getting a wireless one but there are so many to choose from.
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mine can be positioned anywhere in the windscreen on a GPS type mount so visor fitting not required. As for a reversing camera, the screen on mine would be too small, you can view it at a squint, but not really suitable as a reversing camera. Any videos I wish to view are downloaded to my PC and played back and surprisingly good quality for such a cheap camera.

This is mine by the way although it was much cheaper when I bought it;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prestigio-Road-Runner-Digital-Recorder/dp/B006257O7Y/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_1_1
 
and what are you doing with your recording of an "offense" against you? Where do you send it?

Just imaging the FLOOD of data to be viewed by officials send in from people who demand their "rights" because some clown has driven in their way (with nothing hurt but their pride). I don't like this either, but what's the problem?

So what's next, wear one of these camera in your glasses (you get them from ebay....) and record the person in the supermarket who jumped the queue in front of you and present it to the Manager in charge demanding compensation because the supermarket hasn't got the queue system right to prevent this?

Oh dear....

And the question I am interessted most, are the OFFICIALS interessted in these recordings? What gives you the right to record ME without my permission?

I have nothing to hide, I am full up for road safety, enough accidents happen already because of careless drivers. But I beleive it should be down to the officials to sort it out.

Are YOU so perfect all the time yourself? Hmmmm......
 
Teutone said:
and what are you doing with your recording of an "offense" against you? Where do you send it?

Just imaging the FLOOD of data to be viewed by officials send in from people who demand their "rights" because some clown has driven in their way (with nothing hurt but their pride). I don't like this either, but what's the problem?

So what's next, wear one of these camera in your glasses (you get them from ebay....) and record the person in the supermarket who jumped the queue in front of you and present it to the Manager in charge demanding compensation because the supermarket hasn't got the queue system right to prevent this?

Oh dear....

And the question I am interessted most, are the OFFICIALS interessted in these recordings? What gives you the right to record ME without my permission?

I have nothing to hide, I am full up for road safety, enough accidents happen already because of careless drivers. But I beleive it should be down to the officials to sort it out.

Are YOU so perfect all the time yourself? Hmmmm......
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Mine is for use purely in the case of an accident as evidence. I have had in the past somebody admit an accident was their fault only to deny it afterwards. Result - lost no claims for both of us.

The evidence is admissable in court. As for what right do I have to film you, same right as I have to use any camera in a public place really.
 
The reason I got myself one , is to protect myself from others mistakes. A lot of the time, in respect of accidents, it is one persons word against another, ending in knock for knock. If an accident occurs I can give a copy to the insurance company . Mine is a cheaper version of Robmac one, fits next to mirror and does not affect vision , in fact both together, they takes up less space than those windscreen clip on mirrors. I don`t even notice it there now .
 
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