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Dash cams. Opinions.
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02/26/24 09:53 PM
02/26/24 09:53 PM
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Posts: 15,846 Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
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I’m now considering one after today.
A patient today told me about a terrifying experience her friend had in east Montgomery last week. She was driving along when a car speeds past her and cuts her off and slams on brakes. She was able to slow down but could not avoid bumping into him. Immediately afterwards another car comes on behind her and traps her between the 2 cars. The man in front immediately gets out and begins to berate her and yelling at her “look what u did to my car! You paying me now and you can go!” Then a woman gets out from the car behind her and started in on her too. Telling her that “her white girl tears ain’t gonna help her now!” By this point the victim was crying hysterically and calling the police and telling the thugs she is on the phone with the police. All the while they are yelling at her to get out of the car and get off the phone. To her credit, she stayed on the phone and once the thugs realized she was not going to get off they both jumped back in their cars and sped off.
So I’m thinking about a dash cam now. What do y’all think about them? Front and rear? How does it save the recording? Ect. Thanks in advance.
Last edited by bamaeyedoc; 02/26/24 09:54 PM.
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/26/24 10:30 PM
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Rmart30
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I have them in all my vehicles. Jump on utube and watch some of the dash cam videos and the things idiots do thats caught on dashcam. Too many folks out there will lie about not being at fault. Dashcam will save you a lot of times. I run the Vantrue S1's in mine. They are about $120 on amazon with coupon. Great day and night videos. And its small enough to fit behind rear view mirror out of sight.
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: Rmart30]
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02/26/24 11:30 PM
02/26/24 11:30 PM
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TexasHuntress
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I have them in all my vehicles. Jump on utube and watch some of the dash cam videos and the things idiots do thats caught on dashcam. Too many folks out there will lie about not being at fault. Dashcam will save you a lot of times. I run the Vantrue S1's in mine. They are about $120 on amazon with coupon. Great day and night videos. And its small enough to fit behind rear view mirror out of sight. Did you install them yourself or have it done so wires are hidden?
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.---Winnie the Pooh
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: TexasHuntress]
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02/27/24 12:30 AM
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I have them in all my vehicles. Jump on utube and watch some of the dash cam videos and the things idiots do thats caught on dashcam. Too many folks out there will lie about not being at fault. Dashcam will save you a lot of times. I run the Vantrue S1's in mine. They are about $120 on amazon with coupon. Great day and night videos. And its small enough to fit behind rear view mirror out of sight. Did you install them yourself or have it done so wires are hidden? It is super easy to hide the wires, TXHuntress. I did all of my kids and wife’s cameras. I habe an el cheapo in my work truck, but have to say it records as well as the Garmins in our other cars. The Garmin does have a nice app you can connect and pull video off the card without removing it. On a related note, I am working with a grad student at AU who sent me a video of her accident the other day. She had a green light for a good 8 seconds and some young kid t-boned her, totaling her truck and smashing her up pretty good. Kid was most likely on his phone, which will come out in court. That video is pretty damning for him.
If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them then someday you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/27/24 05:58 AM
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I know some guys that put them I their work trucks. Saved one of them so far from lawsuits. Sadly a young guy died but it was his fault.
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/27/24 08:23 AM
02/27/24 08:23 AM
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A very good friend of mine uses them in his semi. It has saved him a lot of money when people do dumb things.
"The struggle you're in today, is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/27/24 09:26 AM
02/27/24 09:26 AM
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donia
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The one that came in my Tundra can be manually activated as long as you want or if there is an event (extreme braking, abrupt stop or acceleration, or collision) it automatically writes, to sd card onboard, a few seconds before the event and for the next 20-30 seconds (it may be longer).
Last edited by donia; 02/27/24 09:27 AM.
experience is a freakin' awesome teacher....
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/27/24 09:39 AM
02/27/24 09:39 AM
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I'm researching them for our vehicles. Have had several close calls that I know the other party (driver) would whine and complain and pull the "But I dint doo nuthin wronggggg!" bullchit. A camera would negate that.
Drivers have lost their damned minds in the last eight years, and the last three (post-Covid) especially. It's like nothing matters, no one is at fault about anything, phones make things work, fewer people care about or follow traffic laws or common sense (like how to merge) things.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/27/24 09:46 AM
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We have them in all trucks . At least 30 . Bout only way get logging company insurance nowadays is use cameras . Saves ur butt if u in a wreck especially if it ur not at fault . We use an app call samsara drive . Keeps up with all cameras. All data is stored at shop on hard drive . The gps on them keeps up with ur driving habits also an we are tracked every where we go. Insurance company does safety meeting at shop. I have seen many videos of wrecks thru the dash cams . Unbelievable at the stupidity out there . We are a true believer in them .
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/27/24 10:05 AM
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Telling her that “her white girl tears ain’t gonna help her now!” On a related note, the amount of hatred that runs deep in the black community is real.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G. K. Chesterton
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/27/24 10:05 AM
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After a wreck 2/2/2023 I installed one. Hwy 280 in Phenix City, lady was turning left had the red, I had the green. Insurance did an investigation, if not for witness statements it could have gone either way. Make sure the officer puts witness statements, name and contact info in the report, at least get the contact info yourself, that's what saved me. Officer was a dumb A and left them out even though I requested it.
I have a Thinkware F70 in all my vehicles, front only. Uses an SD card that overwrites FIFO. Records all audio inside the vehicle also. Mine was <$100 each. Thinkware has other models that will record front and rear if that's what you want. Easy to install and hide the wires. I have been very satisfied with Thinkware, these are basic but do what is I need.
I HIGHLY recommend a dash cam.
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Re: Dash cams. Opinions.
[Re: Clem]
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02/27/24 01:10 PM
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Posts: 25,205 Guntersville, AL
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I'm researching them for our vehicles. Have had several close calls that I know the other party (driver) would whine and complain and pull the "But I dint doo nuthin wronggggg!" bullchit. A camera would negate that.
Drivers have lost their damned minds in the last eight years, and the last three (post-Covid) especially. It's like nothing matters, no one is at fault about anything, phones make things work, fewer people care about or follow traffic laws or common sense (like how to merge) things.
Huntsville, 565 and Memorial PKWY has become an absolute schit show.
If you’re a common sense person, you probably don’t feel you have a home in this world right now. If you’re a Christian, you know you were never meant to.
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