Reversed into! Other driver now claiming rear end shunt advice please.

pc1271

So with your experience of two systems now, which one would you recommend? And how much should we expect to pay for a decent one (ie is it worth paying £200 rather than £20)?

longtimelurkersam

I think my second one was about £100 from eBay shipped from Singapore (Chinese seller). The quality of video is way better and it also has the GPS and speed data on it (I turn it off). It is a smaller and more stable unit mounted with special adhesive pads rather than a suction mount although this does restrict it to one vehicle unless you force mount off the screen and put more double sides tape on it.

I had a quick look on eBay and couldn't find it but I was guessing model number. Ill try and look for it properly tomorrow.

From a convenience and quality perspective i would say the more expensive version. It blends it whereas the cheap one stood out in many ways.

smudger1946

I had someone reverse into me, turned out I ran into him, so he said, neither of us had a witness so insurance co. decided it was tit-for-tat,
I' still ukin cross after four years.

Good luck.

Smudge

bigjl

Notmyrealname wrote: »

The damage to your brothers car will tell an investigator all they need to know.

Basically, when someone runs into the back of someone else, they've usually been braking which lowers the front of the car. Damage to the rear vehicle (your brothers) will mostly be concentrated on the upper half of the front end.

When someone reverses into your car it is hit flat on so damage is more uniformly spread over the full height of the vehicle.

You have made a good point however.

If you reverse into someone the damage will be very similar to that caused by a minor read end shunt.

Both time the rearmost car will have damage higher up and the front car will have damage low down as when you reverse the car will lift at the back.

I would inform the Insurance company that you suspect she has "found" witnesses that do not exist and that you suspect a fraud is being perpetrated.

The same thing happened to a friend a few years ago he now has one of those windscreen mounted cameras you get in Maplins.

People changing their story after an accident is not unusual especially these days with compensation claims being such big business.

Make sure the accident as they remember it is reported to the local Police Station and let the Insurance Co do their job.

They will start an investigation as they take fraud seriously and will not want to be held liable when they are not.

Richard53

I have the same dashcam as marleyboy (post 22) and I am very happy with it. For a little over £20 is has to be bargain of the month. The video quality is not that great, but good enough for the purpose. I've been using it every journey for the last 3 months and no problems at all.

One small issue - the only convenient 12v outlet on the Mondy is permanent live, so I have to remember to plug it in and unplug it every time. I have forgotten this once or twice and had some gripping footage of 6 hours of my driveway.

Having proved the concept, I am now considering a more expensive one, as I intend to have one of these in the car for the rest of my driving career. I bought it the day after a teenager dived in front of my car at a ped-x (I had the green light and was driving slowly, he made full eye contact before leaping in front of me) and I realised that if I had hit him I would have had no chance in court wthout video evidence.

Dimey

Are dashboard camera's easy to fit?

londonTiger

Notmyrealname wrote: »

I keep thinking about one because statistically I'm well overdue an accident.

accidents are so rare that statistically youre likely to not be recording/dead battery or something when the accident does hapen

Richard53

Dimey wrote: »

Are dashboard camera's easy to fit?

If you get one that fits with a sucker to the screen, then yes. Find a good place that doesn't interrupt your vision (tucked behind the mirror is good) and put the cable into your 12v socket. Done.

If you get the one I have, you'll have all sorts of fun interpreting the 'manual', though

(Edit: also splash out and get a decent SD card, if that's what it uses. I put a 16GB card in mine, and it records for several hours before it starts looping.)

smudger1946

Cameras!!!!!!!!!!!!

londonTiger

Also the more expensive cameras have GPS and everything. So you have to drive at the speed limit. If you're doing 35mph on a 30 road and someone from another lane forces a tbone from you by driving in front. It could be worthless as evidence because you were speeding so you're partially at fault.

In such a scenario it's better to not have the footage.

So you have to be a sensible driver too. With great power comes great responsibility etc.