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Title: Why your bus needs a dash camera. Ouch!!!
Post by: Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM on October 11, 2016, 01:44:37 PM
Check this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1LuKgPsViM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1LuKgPsViM)
Title: Re: Why your bus needs a dash camera. Ouch!!!
Post by: Iceni John on October 11, 2016, 02:34:37 PM
Déjà vu?

Yes, dashcams are fast becoming a necessity these days.   I'm going to get one.

John
Title: Re: Why your bus needs a dash camera. Ouch!!!
Post by: Oonrahnjay on October 11, 2016, 02:53:48 PM
Quote from: Iceni John on October 11, 2016, 02:34:37 PM
Déjà vu?

    All over again ...
Title: Re: Why your bus needs a dash camera. Ouch!!!
Post by: Lin on October 11, 2016, 04:06:44 PM
Good thing the pickup had a wheelchair in the back!
Title: Re: Why your bus needs a dash camera. Ouch!!!
Post by: Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM on October 11, 2016, 04:44:34 PM
This is why I like the 4-camera system like I have on my bus.  In his case, it would have been interesting to see what happened before he came into view of the front of the cab.  I would have liked to see him in the rear view camera first then in the side view camera to see what caused him to cross in front of me.  Maybe he tried to avoid a dog in the road or something or another car ran him out of his lane.  Maybe it wasn't the pick-up drivers fault. We can't tell with only a front camera system.  Such as you can see here...

https://youtu.be/hg7evywJToQ
Title: Re: Why your bus needs a dash camera. Ouch!!!
Post by: daddysgirl on October 12, 2016, 09:23:04 AM
Wow.
I hope everyone is OK. I would also like to have seen out his drivers mirror.
I have always loved my rear radiator screen fins and my HUGE mirrors because I can back up just about anywhere, and I can see all but about 2-3 feet in the rear.
Dad always used to say, "You've gotta assume every other driver is a dumb @$#. But if it's between killing some innocent person next to me, or running over someone who thought they were fast enough to cut me off...no question". And in 70 years, hundreds of cars, and 3 buses...not one single accident.  ;D