Dashcam in a Bus

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Who besides me, travels with a Dashcam in your bus' windshield and has it running all the time even when parked? 

What was the primary reason you bought your Dashcam?

[freds]

I do but it records all the camera's with a fisheye view for a total of 360 degree view that might go out ten feet from around the bus.

So a very delayed technical item as to how I would give the footage to someone else that was useful? (Note it records to a USB stick)...

Actually the best view is backing the trailer hitch ball up to the trailer. Dammit time to clean the lenses on the rear most cameras...

[dtcerrato]

Our dash cam is on all the time. Mostly for proof of other motorists at fault.

[Dave5Cs]

Because a girl in a car crept up next to us at an off ramp and then pulled in front of our Bus and slammed on her brakes and tried to make us hit her. I slammed on our air brakes and swerved around her. She tried again and then sped up and took off. We were shaking afterwards

[Melbo]

I have a dashcam that comes on and off with the gauges.  I got it after I was behind an accident in Chicago and no one stopped or slowed down.  Damaged vehicles and they just kept going.

Melbo

[buswarrior]

Dashcam is a reliable witness.

Whatever it saw, is what it saw.

Humans are not reliable, guilty humans have a propensity to lie, nefarious humans are intending to lie.

If I screwed up, the camera will establish the limits of my screw-up, and defend against some lawyer exaggerating my irresponsibility.

Similarly, if someone else screws up, the extent of that is documented.

The mere presence of a working dashcam suggests you are a more responsible motorist than the norm, going above and beyond.

A nasty lawyer will absolutely destroy many busnuts as grossly negligent in careening around untrained, unlicenced, medically unfit, doped up on medication, poorly maintained, death machines, or worse...

Get a camera to slow this crap down.

happy coaching!
buswarrior

[Jim Blackwood]

That's a good point. Both I and my wife have been victimized by other drivers who caused a wreck and then somehow managed to turn it around so it was our fault. A dash cam would have made it clear who caused it. I think these days they are fairly inexpensive.

Jim

[luvrbus]

Dash Cams can be a double edge sword ,A judge in Mohave county would not allow one in a suit because the picture was to grainy.we have cameras watching everything we do in our life already.Wrecks  happen now the 1st thing a officer does  in a faultily wreck is plug his reader in and it tells all the speed,the  braking the whole deal leading up to a wreck.Insurance writers are offering you better rates if you have one of their gizmo's that monitor you every time you get in the car 

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

Dash Cams can be a double edge sword ,A judge in Mohave county would not allow one in a suit because the picture was to grainy.we have cameras watching everything we do in our life already.Wrecks  happen now the 1st thing a officer does  in a faultily wreck is plug his reader in and it tells all the speed,the braking the whole deal leading up to a wreck

Yes, some cameras are better than others. I have a $250 Dashcam and it is very high quality and shows great detail.  You can buy Dashcams for $25 in Quartzsite at the RV Show, but they are very poor quality with plastic lenses and very low resolution.  Like the old saying goes "You get what you pay for."

[windtrader]

It won't be long before video will be questioned as to being factual. Today, AI is creating amazingly realistic images out of thin air. One could load the AI with image of the scene, vehicles, then tell it to create a crash showing what you want! LOL

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

It won't be long before video will be questioned as to being factual. Today, AI is creating amazingly realistic images out of thin air. One could load the AI with image of the scene, vehicles, then tell it to create a crash showing what you want! LOL

How can that be?  You mean like this video I took the other day?

https://www.facebook.com/hritesh.aggarwal.3/videos/842764582590623

[buswarrior]

It won't be long before video will be questioned as to being factual. Today, AI is creating amazingly realistic images out of thin air. One could load the AI with image of the scene, vehicles, then tell it to create a crash showing what you want! LOL

Continuity of evidence will take care of that. Card comes out and into Officer's possesion, good as gold.

Waste of money if it doesn't time stamp, speed, gps locate, etc.

I carry a few cards for my camera, swap 'em out if something interesting happens, to lift the clip later.

If i remember, or still care...

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[Jim Blackwood]

It should be against the law for them to run around like that causing all that mayhem.

Jim

[windtrader]

Exactly. And literally, every day the tech improves leaps and bounds. Mark my words. The election cycle next year is going to be scary as there will be floods of fake videos and pictures that will affect voter's opinions. Not to make this a political slant, just using this as an example of the peril truth becomes clouded. And my dashcam video is only offered up when it is the other driver's fault.

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

It should be against the law for them to run around like that causing all that mayhem.

Jim