Strider etc - In Car Camera's on a budget?

patman99

Oregon do a camera that is virtually indestructable. They use it on the Gadget Show.

Strider590

vax2002 wrote: »

Brilliant idea, convict yourself of careless driving when you are involved in an accident and the police seize it as evidence and work out you were speeding, as most do, all of the time. The accident is all your fault then...

If it's not calibrated equipment, they can't use it as evidence of a speeding offence.... In the just the same way that people got off speeding offences where the Police equipment was out of calibration.

Flyboy152

pulliptears wrote: »

After nearly being hit head on by a speeding Audi coming round the bend on the wrong side of the road on the estate tonight I mentioned to OH that perhaps how our luck is going lately installing a camera wouldn't be a bad idea.

I know strider publishes his vids you You Tube but all I'm looking for is something simple to record our journeys that can be re-recorded over the next day. I don't want to spend a fortune. I have power to that side of the car so could wire it in as well.

Any recommendations?

This really is a brilliant camera.

I have one and it does the job very well.

vikingaero

rev_henry wrote: »

I'm quite tempted by one of these

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_1&products_id=111548

With all due respect some of the replies here aren't really useful with spy cams and torch style cams.

What Pullip really needs is something like the item rev henry has described. For a car cam to be worthwhile it needs to be hardwired to the power supply, turn on automatically each time the engine is started and record in a constant loop.

If you start faffing around with systems which are rechargeable or rely on the ciggy lighter socket, then the time you really need it to record an accident will be the time the battery is flat or you've pulled the power to charge up your phone.

We have these installed in our company cars:

http://www.smartwitness.com/product/3/world_s_smallest_professional_vehicle_journey_accident_recorder_with_3_axis_shock_sensor___gps_logging_/83d17cb072968776a46a1a5f37a1cbc8

But they are expensive and a similar model is available on Fleabay.

pulliptears

vax2002 wrote: »

Brilliant idea, convict yourself of careless driving when you are involved in an accident and the police seize it as evidence and work out you were speeding, as most do, all of the time. The accident is all your fault then...

The near miss that prompted this was a speeding car on the other side of the road coming round a blind bend. My speed was around 20mph allowing for the fact there are often kids playing just around that bend. In that situation and many others its quite obvious to see where the fault lies.

Strider590 wrote: »

If it's not calibrated equipment, they can't use it as evidence of a speeding offence.... In the just the same way that people got off speeding offences where the Police equipment was out of calibration.

Exactly, very difficult to prove I imagine. Aside from that I don't speed and never have.

vikingaero wrote: »

With all due respect some of the replies here aren't really useful with spy cams and torch style cams.

What Pullip really needs is something like the item rev henry has described. For a car cam to be worthwhile it needs to be hardwired to the power supply, turn on automatically each time the engine is started and record in a constant loop.

If you start faffing around with systems which are rechargeable or rely on the ciggy lighter socket, then the time you really need it to record an accident will be the time the battery is flat or you've pulled the power to charge up your phone.

We have these installed in our company cars:

http://www.smartwitness.com/product/3/world_s_smallest_professional_vehicle_journey_accident_recorder_with_3_axis_shock_sensor___gps_logging_/83d17cb072968776a46a1a5f37a1cbc8

But they are expensive and a similar model is available on Fleabay.

thanks viking, may be worth saving some pennies and trying to go for that one then or something similar.

thenudeone

vax2002 wrote: »

Brilliant idea, convict yourself of careless driving when you are involved in an accident and the police seize it as evidence and work out you were speeding

Under what powers do you think the Police can seize a camera for an allegation of a driving offence?

Flyboy152

thenudeone wrote: »

Under what powers do you think the Police can seize a camera for an allegation of a driving offence?

PACE comes to mind. I am not sure but they will probably be able to use it as evidence that some offence has been committed. If they can use it to prove the other party committed an offence, why can't they use to prove the OP committed one?

jase1

If you are in any doubt as to the legality of your own driving, you can have the SD card away and destroyed long before plod turns up....

King_Nothing

Mines a Micro SD card, so can be swallowed in a moments notice if needs arose :rotfl:

fivetide

This seemed to produce results
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAR-TAXI-HACKNEY-CAB-DVR-VIDEO-CAMERA-RECORDER-CCTV-/110680261991?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item19c50ec567&clk_rvr_id=256958629708

See thread here: http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/driving-incidents-roadrage/114263-merc-damaged-during-mot-test.html

Essentially took his car for test and the chap slammed the bonnet so hard he dented it with his hands. Because they didn't realise the camera was running it was all on film.

5t.