there should be a group buy going on just now for the Blackvue cameras. I bought one on one of our earlier ones. Best purchase ever. I definitely recommend getting it.
I dont know about police accepting it as evidence, but insurance companies certainly do. If you have to make a claim and you say you have camera evidence, they would love you for it. I've also heard that it could potentially lower your insurance cost as well if you have a camera fitted
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I highly doubt police would accept dashcam footage as evidence (from my experience in the past). At best it could supplement your testimony and/or corroborate other physical evidence of your side of the story. However I'm hopeful that in the near future - as transport companies now tend to fit them on their trucks, their popularity may persuade the lawmakers to set up some sort of acceptable industry standard and make their videos legally admissible evidence.
I've had dashcams in my cars for a number of years now - before the russian dashcam revolution of the internet made them mainstream elsewhere. I have tended to stick with low cost solutions as I found the batteries (as with all batteries) typically used in dashcams don't really do well in car environments. Car interior temperatures get really hot esp parked outside in summer - and I would hate for a several hundred dollar unit to be rendered unusable due to a non-removeable battery venting or exploding.
The Blackvues in the current group buy does seem to be the Rolls Royce of car DVR/Dashcams at the moment. If your pockets are deep - they will serve you well. The 4-5 various dashcams that I've used over the past ~7 years didn't cost me half of 1 Blackvue camera RRP however... including my current - which captured the video of my prev post:
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I've had dashcams in my cars for a number of years now - before the russian dashcam revolution of the internet made them mainstream elsewhere. I have tended to stick with low cost solutions as I found the batteries (as with all batteries) typically used in dashcams don't really do well in car environments. Car interior temperatures get really hot esp parked outside in summer - and I would hate for a several hundred dollar unit to be rendered unusable due to a non-removeable battery venting or exploding.
The Blackvues in the current group buy does seem to be the Rolls Royce of car DVR/Dashcams at the moment. If your pockets are deep - they will serve you well. The 4-5 various dashcams that I've used over the past ~7 years didn't cost me half of 1 Blackvue camera RRP however... including my current - which captured the video of my prev post:
Ambarella chipset, 1080p res, GS2000-knock off.
(ebay item number: 181228172802)
Just needed to vent... if anyone around newcastle spots a white nissan elgrande van going at top speed stay out of the way of the crazy person. I was tailgated by this person, and nearly lost my side mirror trying to get out of their way between bennetts green on way back to kotara... @#$(*&%^&% ! idiot.. enough said! - worst bit was they had kids in the back.. doing 130 in a 90 zone.. where are cops when you need them...
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pneill wrote:Just needed to vent... if anyone around newcastle spots a white nissan elgrande van going at top speed stay out of the way of the crazy person. I was tailgated by this person, and nearly lost my side mirror trying to get out of their way between bennetts green on way back to kotara... @#$(*&%^&% ! idiot.. enough said! - worst bit was they had kids in the back.. doing 130 in a 90 zone.. where are cops when you need them...
well generally they are hiding behind a bush pointing a speed gun at ppl?
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I have considered getting one of these. They certainly are an interesting topic. I would be interested to see how they go re: connecting/setting them up because I hate having cables running all over the place. I like neat installs.
I believe that in order for them to be able to be used in a court as stand alone evidence the footage needs to be date/time stamped. That is the condition on use of security footage so I assume it is the same for these cameras.
As a fellow Novocastrian pneill I can empathise with who we have to share the road with sometimes.
I believe that in order for them to be able to be used in a court as stand alone evidence the footage needs to be date/time stamped. That is the condition on use of security footage so I assume it is the same for these cameras.
As a fellow Novocastrian pneill I can empathise with who we have to share the road with sometimes.
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bulk of the time they just plug into ur cigarette lighter and are neat and tidy mine runs the under the of the roof liner near the front windscreen all the way through till it reaches the floor (so the door seals bits up near the roof liner ) then it runs under the passenger floor mat ( as it up on the passenger side ) under the seat and in the center console it plugs in
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pneill wrote:Just needed to vent... if anyone around newcastle spots a white nissan elgrande van going at top speed stay out of the way of the crazy person. I was tailgated by this person, and nearly lost my side mirror trying to get out of their way between bennetts green on way back to kotara... @#$(*&%^&% ! idiot.. enough said! - worst bit was they had kids in the back.. doing 130 in a 90 zone.. where are cops when you need them...
That's just stupid. I tend not to care so much when idiots want to put themselves at risk but it's so much worse when they have kids in the car with them.
That said, I haven't seen so much moronic behaviour up in Newy. I always seem to make up for it whenever I head down to Sydney though...
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Had a scare today with an idiot in a Navara.
First I wasn't in the CJ but a small and slow truck. It all started where I was going up a short rise probably 20 under the 80 limit and caught in the right (fast) lane. Wanted to get over but other cars in the way. Then he cut me off at the next lights and when they went green he just sat there. Well then it got worse, the clutch slipped and I tapped the rear (no damage). They moved off slowly but then started brake testing me and cutting into my lane, I'd change lanes and they would cut back, all without indicating.
Now the road speed was 100 limit and this old truck normally runs at about 90, you really have to push it to get to 100. At one point he cut me off and we touched again, I pulled over to let him get away but he pulled in just up the road. We pulled off again and immediately he cut back in front of me at one point running down the center of the divided road blocking both lanes.
Eventually he pulled off at an exit but then I was watching to mirrors just in case they decided to pull in behind us. It was a scary ride all started because I was caught out in the 'fast' lane but that point of the road is 80kmh and has lights, intersections so you're allowed in both lanes if you can't get over or need to turn.
They called the shop (number on the side of the truck) and when the boss asked for their details they hung up. We called the police while being harassed and reported the rego number and what was happening. Also had to fill in an incident report back at the shop but had not heard from them yet since the road rage.
BTW There was next to no noticeable damage to the truck, the plastic around the number plate might have been crack but that could have been there for a while, so the contact was light.
Like I said the truck is slow, there was no way we were going to out run them, some drivers are so stupid.
First I wasn't in the CJ but a small and slow truck. It all started where I was going up a short rise probably 20 under the 80 limit and caught in the right (fast) lane. Wanted to get over but other cars in the way. Then he cut me off at the next lights and when they went green he just sat there. Well then it got worse, the clutch slipped and I tapped the rear (no damage). They moved off slowly but then started brake testing me and cutting into my lane, I'd change lanes and they would cut back, all without indicating.
Now the road speed was 100 limit and this old truck normally runs at about 90, you really have to push it to get to 100. At one point he cut me off and we touched again, I pulled over to let him get away but he pulled in just up the road. We pulled off again and immediately he cut back in front of me at one point running down the center of the divided road blocking both lanes.
Eventually he pulled off at an exit but then I was watching to mirrors just in case they decided to pull in behind us. It was a scary ride all started because I was caught out in the 'fast' lane but that point of the road is 80kmh and has lights, intersections so you're allowed in both lanes if you can't get over or need to turn.
They called the shop (number on the side of the truck) and when the boss asked for their details they hung up. We called the police while being harassed and reported the rego number and what was happening. Also had to fill in an incident report back at the shop but had not heard from them yet since the road rage.
BTW There was next to no noticeable damage to the truck, the plastic around the number plate might have been crack but that could have been there for a while, so the contact was light.
Like I said the truck is slow, there was no way we were going to out run them, some drivers are so stupid.
A colleague's wife was a victim of road rage recently.
She was on her way home and stopped at some traffic lights and was the only car there. Before long a black 4WD screamed up and stopped an inch from her bumper, then the female driver got out and started abusing her, then punched her in the face.
Theres no understanding some people... I thought maybe it was an attempted car jacking, who knows.
She was on her way home and stopped at some traffic lights and was the only car there. Before long a black 4WD screamed up and stopped an inch from her bumper, then the female driver got out and started abusing her, then punched her in the face.
Theres no understanding some people... I thought maybe it was an attempted car jacking, who knows.
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So long story short this is the result of the issue above.
So there was minor contact at the lights which started off the crazy behavior that followed. At the time I wasn't even sure we have touched as there was next to no damage to the truck I was driving. Well none I could have been sure wasn't already there.
So there was minor contact at the lights which started off the crazy behavior that followed. At the time I wasn't even sure we have touched as there was next to no damage to the truck I was driving. Well none I could have been sure wasn't already there.
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