[Scaf]

Had a Dash Cam fitted to the car and it's just proved its worth.

Driving in Macclefiled today a car side swiped me on the approach to a roundabout and then appeared to drive off oblivious to what they had done.

In fact it turned out to be a nice old guy who did not know where to stop, but he was sure it was my fault and that I hit him. He had bpme going for a minute but the Dashcam tells the story and the clip is on its way to the insurance company.

He scraped both offside doors, front wing and front wheel and took the wing mirror for good measure. Given I drive a new XJ Jag it won't be cheap to fix.

 

[English Impala]

I always wondered why folks bothered with dash cams, now I know, there's no questioning who was at fault there!

 

[Lemon]

Looks like the cam paid off!

But... What the feck are you listening to!? :drunk:

 

[blackpopracing]

Caught red handed!

 

[Scaf]

But... What the feck are you listening to!? :drunk:

Lol...... Radio4 News one minute, Archers the next !

 

[great68]

Radio 4 The death station. I guarantee that within 15 min there will be a death, murder, disease, famine, disaster or some loss of life.

 

[chrisvs]

Radio 4 The death station. I guarantee that within 15 min there will be a death, murder, disease, famine, disaster or some loss of life.

Your an avid Radio 4 listener then

 

[59Chevy]

...What dash cam do you use ... thanks ... Mike

 

[Moparhemi345]

Honda Jazz....:shake:

I'm seriously thinking of getting one of those scaffy me old mate.
Dash cam that is...not a Jizz.

Are they easy to set up?

 

[Scaf]

I use one of these

Maplin Journey Recorder 1080p GPS G-Sensor Micro SDHC (Used) | Maplin

plugs in to cigar lighter and as it cones with a long lead I am able to hide the cable really well. got it set to start on its own when it powers up, stays on fir an hour after parking up and records over itself automatically.

Can be set to start stop as you drive using the g sensor and you can have it recording your speed as well and show where you are on a google map when playing back? all clever stuff and easy to set up.

 

[ken57]

Caught red handed!

Yeah. Listening to the Archers.

 

[Moparhemi345]

Thanks for the link mate.
Got one on order :tup:

 

[Kustom Jim]

Christ, that technology looks 'cheap'

Would be a great dash cam for the strip
Could record the afr, gearchanges and cussing. msl:

 

[ZEPHYRV8CHRIS]

Bloody good that! i thought that was gonna be more expensive than that

 

[BaronVonVVankel]

Prefer the Russian footage.. wheres the baseball bats? or better still guns?

 

[Kustom Jim]

I aint got a *** lighter! can you record ok from the battery?
May only need it on for 12 seconds LOL

 

[chrisvs]

I've been looking at these for a while, there are loads on Ebay and in an Autoexpress review this one came out top:

Transcend 16GB DrivePro 200 Car Video Recorder with: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

The images look very clear but it doesn't have GPS so it wouldn't be able to record speed although it does have WIFI to transfer the files easily and also comes with a 16Gb card.

 

[bezzabsa]

wish i'd had one of these in the wagon...at least once a day I had twats arguing with a scania... usually in small cars - like the Jazz...go figure!!!

and how the hell did he figure you hit him???? or was his wife directing him??? LOL

i'd love to play it back to him and say "now where did I hit you????"

 

[dannymac]

will you be claiming for delayed whiplash too lol

 

[Scaf]

I aint got a *** lighter! can you record ok from the battery?
May only need it on for 12 seconds LOL

Jim, on my DBR I wired a *** lighter to the battery and sorted it that way, or you could wire it direct to the terminals, but with a fuse of course