Dash Cams

Brian Diehl · March 27, 2016, 10:32:31 AM

I'm considering getting a dash cam for our summer adventure trip. Are there any recommendations anyone would have?

I found this one @ Amazon and it sounds good. Thoughts?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ASAEDK4/ref=twister_B014AB3XK8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Dave5Cs · March 27, 2016, 10:44:33 AM

We have the Cobra drive Hd CDR840 1080FHD Dash Cam.
Works well and wide angle with 20 minute loop as well as freeze button and auto on in an accident with battery take over.
It can stick well to any window or dash etc and moved to any vehicle your want to use.

http://www.amazon.com/Cobra-Electronics-CDR-840-Drive/dp/B00K7ZN0UA

Dave5Cs

Brian Diehl · March 27, 2016, 10:49:04 AM

Can you get more than a 20 minute loop out of it?

HB of CJ · March 27, 2016, 10:59:04 AM

Can you link it up to a real time wireless transmission to another memory source that is secure? Something other than the memory inside the actual camera?

Dave5Cs · March 27, 2016, 11:13:15 AM

You basically hit the save button and it starts another file. It comes with cords to hookup to computer, cig lighter 12vdc or it will run on its own battery. I have a 110 outlet that has the USB ports on the front upper wall of bus and hook it to that.
Dave5Cs

bronson · March 27, 2016, 01:40:16 PM

I was looking for a dash cam last year at the Louisville truck show. Had no idea what to buy until I stumbled onto dash cam apps for smart phones. I installed daily roads voyager (free) on an old smart phone and bought a suction mount off Ebay for the phone. Drove to Disney last year from Ohio with the cam running. I did buy a larger memory card for the video to store on. Seemed to work well, records your speed and gps location. Will auto save the video if it senses a collision. Only negative was that phone has to be plugged in as it will eat a battery in a hurry. Another app I tried was Roadrunner dash cam.

chessie4905 · March 27, 2016, 02:41:46 PM

How big a memory card for all that video? Or did it only record at various times?I'd think 20 plus worth of video would eat a lot of memory.

DoubleEagle · March 27, 2016, 08:24:31 PM

There are many choices out there for these cameras, and a lot of them are made in China. I would look at reviews at places like Amazon where people who actually bought them give their impressions and experiences. The prices for these have come down over the years, and they even have multi-camera systems that give a 360 degree view. Recording accidents is a double edged sword, it might back up your version of events, it might prove your guilt. Lawyers know to ask for cell phone records and video recordings now, whether you like it or not.

solodon · March 27, 2016, 08:27:56 PM

Lawyers may ask but if it's erased it doesn't exist. If it doesn't help you why have it?

bronson · March 28, 2016, 04:19:27 AM

Chessie, It only saved a certain amount of video and constantly over wrote the video unless it sensed an impact. It sensed impacts when hitting severe bumps in the road. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dailyroads.v&hl=en

DoubleEagle · March 28, 2016, 08:15:55 AM

Quote from: solodon on March 27, 2016, 08:27:56 PM
Lawyers may ask but if it's erased it doesn't exist. If it doesn't help you why have it?

Lawyers do not ask politely, they subpoena. If there was a serious accident with injuries and the recording disappeared, your chances of being believed go down. The more serious the accident, the more they will dig. It is a good question, why have it if it does not help you? Depending on the circumstances, the police could confiscate the vehicle and examine it in detail for any deficiencies that led to the accident, and, by the way, examine any "black box" info, cell phone data, and recording devices including those on buildings in the area. Things are more complicated nowadays.

HB of CJ · March 28, 2016, 08:42:07 AM

Thus my thinking, (difficult!) and question regarding real time remote data streaming to a secure additional physical site? Then if not needed, it just dumps every so often?

The point being there would be a valuable separate data preservation in event of law enforcement or others simply removing and keeping the camera. Paranoia? Dunno.

This would also be invaluable for home or business video camera. Just bashing the cameras or later stealing them physically would not work. Nor keeping the drives.

DoubleEagle · March 28, 2016, 08:50:52 AM

It is a difficult situation when you think of all the possible circumstances, but it also points out the important need of having good insurance coverage. On the bright side, maybe the cameras can capture events not involving legal liability that can be used on one of those TruTV programs where videos of bizarre events are shown.

Premiere Services Fleet · March 28, 2016, 09:34:56 AM

Quote from: Brian Diehl on March 27, 2016, 10:32:31 AM
I'm considering getting a dash cam for our summer adventure trip. Are there any recommendations anyone would have?

I found this one @ Amazon and it sounds good. Thoughts?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ASAEDK4/ref=twister_B014AB3XK8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.smartwitness.com/Private-Vehicle-Dash-Cameras/SVC1080.html

HB of CJ · March 28, 2016, 02:59:09 PM

What would be very nice but hardly practical would be a integrated multi camera system that gave the time, date, direction in magnetic compass headings, speed, temperature, breaking force (deceleration ... or acceleration) in fractional or whole gees and lots of other timely perhaps needful stuff.

Also automatic night vision for low light situations. Also perhaps thermal. Live real time complete. Automatic tamper proof real time automatic wireless transfer to a secure remote site. Might be a start up growth industry, particularly when insurance companies understand the advantages.

Some of this stuff already exists but putting it all together and marketing it would be the challenge. Anyhow, just some outside the box thinking.