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The Locator posted:It's really quite clear cut, unless you hand them dash cam footage of you being stupid and going "Yee-haw" as you accelerated into him, he turned left in front of oncoming traffic. He is fully at fault here in AZ. It wouldn't even be a question as he failed to yield to oncoming traffic. If it's illegal to make a u-turn there based on the laws where you are with that pavement marking, then that makes it even more clear cut. Its illegal but failing to keep a lookout can net you some share of the liability anywhere in the country. Not the case here since he avoided the accident but industry wide the shared liability percentage is on the rise as insurance companies look to be more cost effective to offer better rates.
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Bovril Delight posted:Its illegal but failing to keep a lookout can net you some share of the liability anywhere in the country. Not the case here since he avoided the accident but industry wide the shared liability percentage is on the rise as insurance companies look to be more cost effective to offer better rates. This might be true, but like I said - unless they have clear evidence that the guy didn't make an attempt to avoid that dude, it would be a pretty clear cut failure to yield, placing the fault clearly on the U-turn guy. Pretend there is no video at all, the cops show up to the wreck and find short evidence of braking prior to the impact. Given that 99.9% of the time no witness will stick around, it's pretty easy to place the blame on U-turn guy if it's between the word of the two drivers. "That idiot didn't try to avoid hitting me when I made that illegal U-turn right in front of him." vs. "He made an unexpected U-turn right in front of me and I tried my best to stop before I smashed into him" Seems pretty open and shut to me (again, barring video evidence from inside the car of him clearly not making an attempt to avoid).
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The good news is, in the US at least, most idiots that pull that crap are going to admit to having done something dumb that got them hit. Most people in the US don't understand the whole "never admit fault, ever, even if you are at fault".
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Are there any HEVC H.265 dashcams yet?
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Zero VGS posted:Are there any HEVC H.265 dashcams yet? Isn't HEVC incredibly compute-intensive to encode? I doubt there are any dashcams with the balls to do that in realtime.
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Raluek posted:Isn't HEVC incredibly compute-intensive to encode? I doubt there are any dashcams with the balls to do that in realtime. Somebody just needs to code up a fpga to do the work.
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xzzy posted:ABS is used a lot more in areas that get real winters. Given how heavy vehicles have become and the fact almost no one runs winter tires, if there's any snow on the road it doesn't take much at all for ABS to start doing its thing. I had an incident last week where I crested a hill on a three lane highway doing 120km/h and about 250m ahead of me was a wall of stopped traffic. I hate the gently caress out of the traction control system in my Audi in lower speed snow driving but holy poo poo did it pay its dues that day. The road was covered in patches of black ice, which is why traffic was stopped, and while I was deciding whether to steer towards the ditch or hit the tractor trailer my car applied some black magic combination of ABS and independent wheel braking that resulted in a huge tank slapper but no spinning. I stopped shockingly fast. Granted I had winter tires because I previously owned a RWD car and that just beats the concept of seasonal tires into you.
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8ender posted:I had an incident last week where I crested a hill on a three lane highway doing 120km/h and about 250m ahead of me was a wall of stopped traffic. I hate the gently caress out of the traction control system in my Audi in lower speed snow driving but holy poo poo did it pay its dues that day. Obligatory: why were you going ~75mph up a blind hill in black ice weather?
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How else was he going to catch air?
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:Obligatory: why were you going ~75mph up a blind hill in black ice weather? Audi driver, figures.
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:Obligatory: why were you going ~75mph up a blind hill in black ice weather? Because the 401 in Ontario is a magical place where dry pavement turns to ice in less than a kilometre and then you're in a whiteout and then that whiteout clears up to ice rain and suddenly its a nice sunny day except the pavement is hard pack snow and an old guy in a Saab just lost it and he's tumbling into the ditch but no one cares. The trucks won't slow down though, no they never slow gotta get that load there on time gently caress you cars i'm taking all three lanes with this drift walmart needs these loving bags of dogfood.
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8ender posted:Because the 401 in Ontario is a magical place where dry pavement turns to ice in less than a kilometre and then you're in a whiteout and then that whiteout clears up to ice rain and suddenly its a nice sunny day except the pavement is hard pack snow and an old guy in a Saab just lost it and he's tumbling into the ditch but no one cares. The trucks won't slow down though, no they never slow gotta get that load there on time gently caress you cars i'm taking all three lanes with this drift walmart needs these loving bags of dogfood. The Whiteout is also salt from the trucks. That don't plow. They just drive and dump salt. I really need to take a picture of the engine compartment on our two-winter-old-car. It looks horrible 
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8ender posted:Because the 401 in Ontario is a magical place where dry pavement turns to ice in less than a kilometre and then you're in a whiteout and then that whiteout clears up to ice rain and suddenly its a nice sunny day except the pavement is hard pack snow and an old guy in a Saab just lost it and he's tumbling into the ditch but no one cares. The trucks won't slow down though, no they never slow gotta get that load there on time gently caress you cars i'm taking all three lanes with this drift walmart needs these loving bags of dogfood. Sounds like a winter wonderland.
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Here's one to revive this semi-dead thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=molbgVu54jg (Audio changed due to copyrighted music. Also swearing. Youtube's ad-free music options are hilarious.)
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KozmoNaut posted:Here's one to revive this semi-dead thread:  I see this way too often on Zealand, but almost never while in Jutland. At least the music made this pretty funny.
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Caught a really cool looking car on the dashcam today: (Overcast day, but, it was a brilliant red and in great shape)   One of these things. Apparently there were only 509 of these made, so, was pretty neat seeing one in person.
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Almost died. I hate driving at night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31afJnPHT9w
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For those that don't follow, the Mini 0803 has a nice firmware upgrade that adds the option to display GPS speed overlay in the video feed along with date and time, and Co-ordinates too I think. You can also set the speed stamp to blank-out after a certain speed to protect your innocence should you decide to break the speed limit. Also this looks like a great design - a mini DVR almost in that the cameras are remote, miniaturized and the control unit can be remotely mounted. The quality isnt quite up to par with the likes of the Mini 080x range but still pretty good if you definitely had to have a twin camera setup. pricey though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt7lhKSwWcI
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I love the Techmoan reviews when I have time to watch the whole thing. Otherwise, I wish he offered a TL;DR version.
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DropShadow posted:I love the Techmoan reviews when I have time to watch the whole thing. Otherwise, I wish he offered a TL;DR version. skim the videos. I do and dont feel like i miss anything important.
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Laserface posted:For those that don't follow, the Mini 0803 has a nice firmware upgrade that adds the option to display GPS speed overlay in the video feed along with date and time, and Co-ordinates too I think. That looks really neat! I'd probably be all over that if I didn't just get a Mobius for the Prius V.  One of the cool DIYs I saw with the Mobius (but I can't seem to find again) had a person removing the camera and having a long cord back to the unit. It made the Mobius even more discreet since it was just the camera being mounted. You could then put the little unit with the controls, battery, and SD card in another location and access it as needed. (Anyone know what I'm talking about?)
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it was earlier in the thread, yeah. its not as 'remote' as those cameras though. maybe about 10cm.
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Laserface posted:it was earlier in the thread, yeah.  Of course... Still neat though!Regardless, count me as another satisfied customer for the Mobius. I have the It was a foggy morning with a little moisture--hardly the worst of driving conditions. I was driving down the highway and see someone pull out onto the feeder road. This SUV starts fishtailing wildly. I go "oh poo poo, this person might crash", turn on my hazard lights, and start slowing down. I'm fully expecting to pull over and help this person out. They just continue flailing around wildly before barreling up the dirt incline onto the highway... Right at me. I slam on the brakes, narrowly avoiding a collision, and pull over to the shoulder. The SUV continues to whip around a few lanes until they get control again and just continue on without stopping. I look up at my trusty DVR-207, pull the screen down, and see that it's hosed up yet again.  ...That's when I got a new dash camera!e: Got confused as to which camera I had. NO BROS FOR HOES fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Apr 9, 2015 |
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Laserface posted:skim the videos. I do and dont feel like i miss anything important. Glad it's not just me. I feel a bit guilty, but drat it, you don't need 20mins to review a single camera.
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spog posted:Glad it's not just me. I dont. he puts all the important info in the description. read his thoughts, skip to the video samples and decide from there. Hes a great reviewer (thank god he doesnt take 20 years 'unboxing' every single item and going to great detail about it) but it feels like im watching Thomas the Tank Engine.
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Here's another beauty. A bike's a bike, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln45CRHWSmA (Yes, it's a motorcycle, not a moped or anything else that's allowed on the bike path.)
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Laserface posted:For those that don't follow, the Mini 0803 has a nice firmware upgrade that adds the option to display GPS speed overlay in the video feed along with date and time, and Co-ordinates too I think. My google-fu is apparently weak today, mind sharing a link to where I would find that? Instal instructions would be awesome as I would rather not brick mine trying.
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KozmoNaut posted:Here's another beauty. A bike's a bike, right? Are those street lamps suspended overhead? Also, rear end in a top hat, but at least he didn't try to overtake the bicycle ... I guess?
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Negromancer posted:My google-fu is apparently weak today, mind sharing a link to where I would find that? Instal instructions would be awesome as I would rather not brick mine trying. should have done that, Sorry! The latest firmware is the top one here Be aware that it will change the language to Russian as default. take note of how to get to the language setting BEFORE you update the firmware (or spend 20min searching for 'english' in every setting.) All settings are also defaulted. That page also has the software editor that allows you to upload custom boot logos and gently caress around with other settings. Dashcamtalk.com has the instructions here You do need to rename the file to firmware for it to detect the update.
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CharlesM posted:Are those street lamps suspended overhead? Yes, it's very common in Copenhagen, and they light up the streets quite well.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ-KA7SCjXI I wish I could say this was a rare occurrence. Thanks, ProStar! Also, I swapped MicroSD cards today before I went offroading. It recorded the whole trip, and then the card shat itself.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I wish I could say this was a rare occurrence. Thanks, ProStar! I loving hate people that pull that poo poo. I always wish a cop was around when I see stuff like that, but they almost never are.
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IOwnCalculus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ-KA7SCjXI I'm glad he saved those vital 4 seconds.
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IOwnCalculus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ-KA7SCjXI It's cool that you got Bill Clinton on your radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SZFRvuJ2a0
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Trying to move my dashcam to a new car and it's not easy to find a way to cable it in neatly. I have a satnav that I use - is there such a thing as a USB mini Y adaptor? So I can take the satnav's USB mini plug and also use it to supply the dashcam's USB mini?
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Sure but it's questionable if the power adapter can supply both. If your navigation also has FM traffic it often uses a signal from the power adapter too.
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CharlesM posted:Sure but it's questionable if the power adapter can supply both. If your navigation also has FM traffic it often uses a signal from the power adapter too. You're probably right: the Garmin has something funky going on with its power supply: a genuine Garmin cable will let you use it in a car, a generic USB cable will force it into charge-only mode: so they've probably got a short or something in there. I am currently having a problem working out how to install my dashcam without horrible cables all over my shiny dash.
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spog posted:You're probably right: the Garmin has something funky going on with its power supply: a genuine Garmin cable will let you use it in a car, a generic USB cable will force it into charge-only mode: so they've probably got a short or something in there. hide them in the roof liner like everyone else in the thread.
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Laserface posted:hide them in the roof liner like everyone else in the thread. About that....  actually, it's not a big deal to run it around the windscreen/A pillar, the problem is getting it from the base of the A pillar to the centre console, without having to open up the dash. I am half-wondering if I could take a feed from the courtesy light or autodim mirror and hide a 12v-5v converter up inside there. Can you tap straight into a light feed that, or will the CANBUS complain?
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spog posted:About that.... When I wired up miata I ran the cord down under the weatherstripping on the A pillar, then under the dash in the passenger footwell, into the outlet. Worked fine.
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