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So yesterday after a guy tried to merge into me, then rode my rear end, then brake-checked me multiple times (the last time he was trying to cause an accident, I nearly wrecked but I held it and got off at the exit nearby to get away from the guy) I'd like a cheap dash-cam. I have a couple of cars that I drive depending on the weather and want something easily transferable. Something like this that just straps to my mirror would be nice, though something smaller that doesn't block the mirror (one of them is a newer car and I don't need the backup camera stuff, though I would like a rear facing camera).
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Nov 14, 2019 13:11
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So this is the one I settled on because it's got two cameras and wifi and is still reasonably priced. I might buy a second in the future but right now I want something easily transferable. I switch between two cars but I actually have six and I'm not buying six of these things. I got the second camera hoping it can see out my back window. I don't want to wire in a second camera but I want that view - last year I got rear ended and the guy ran off. We don't have front plates here so I don't need that level of detail, I just want to show what happens behind me. I might use it for the interior sensor feature, not sure yet. I also ordered a 64 gig card, looks like it should be good for eight hours before it overwrites, which is more than fine for me. The wifi feature looks neat... download the video directly to my phone without taking the card out sounds pretty nice.
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Nov 15, 2019 15:13
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Nitrox posted:That second camera films the interior of the vehicle, not behind the car. Great for a taxi, useless for normal people. You can't see out the back window or something?
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Nov 15, 2019 16:12
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Nitrox posted:Put your phone on the rear view mirror and turn on the selfie camera. Not tell me how well it can see 10 ft behind your car. The focal point of wide angle camera is only a few feet. It's blind past that point. I can usually see what's going on. If it's useless it's useless I guess.
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Nov 15, 2019 16:25
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I got it today, it seems to work pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENFNXcH_0v4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5520TnkKHxQ I think in the interior view I can see plenty out the rear window. I have the IR stuff turned off at the moment. I am going to keep playing with the settings but overall, for being night, I think the video is good. I'll play with it more tomorrow in the daylight.
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Nov 16, 2019 02:50
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Nitrox posted:not sure if it's a YouTube problem, or me watching this on the phone, but that doesn't look like 1080p it's claiming to be. Can you read license plates of cars directly in front? Try the IR settings I had the covers still on the cameras, they're off now so I'll check the quality again soon. I figured it was just the poor lighting.
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Nov 17, 2019 00:45
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Okay, a couple of daytime videos I took over the weekend at different settings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwAJyGM4bjw This is supposed to be 1080p front. The rear camera is also recording at 1080p. During the daytime the rear camera is all but useless for what I need it for - the daylight washes out anything in the windows. Oh well, I was afraid of that but it isn't that big a deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQnn45e0kLg This says it's 2160p I don't really see much of a difference, if any, but it might be my old man eyes.
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Nov 18, 2019 12:55
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The only thing I've captured so far is some moron that keeps driving around in the morning without their lights on. This is the second or third time I've seen them. You can see me flash my lights at them, then turn them off and on trying to point out to them that hey, their lights aren't on, but morons are gonna be morons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q66Yr0koNpY
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Nov 26, 2019 16:53
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Almost needed it this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSL6cX746w4 Dude had a "only gay cops give me tickets" sticker on his back window. Har har.
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Dec 1, 2019 21:44
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real-life Frogger!
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Dec 20, 2019 17:03
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This is the best I have at the moment. Jerk very slowly turned left in front of traffic and got in the center turn lane to merge (which you're not supposed to do). Caused multiple cars in heavy traffic to brake hard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUZsdUqkKBQ
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Jan 28, 2020 14:14
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IOwnCalculus posted:No points for that driver's poor timing but suicide lanes are definitely allowed for turning left into, at least in AZ - but you have to stop as soon as you get into it and wait until you can merge. If you look, there's left turn arrows painted on the road in that lane. I believe here in Indiana they're explicitly for left turns only, not for turning into and using to merge. I could be wrong though.
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Jan 28, 2020 19:28
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Hey here's an actual dash cam video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h63VDCVYZC8 The camera makes it look like the intersection was further away than it was. He pulled out right in front of me.
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Mar 3, 2020 13:54
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sleepy.eyes posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATzDmjG3bpI Jeez just watching this makes me mad
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Mar 5, 2020 17:14
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eOHlz0VKeI I hate having to assume nobody around here knows how to use a roundabout, but it's saved me from several accidents.
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Jun 14, 2020 16:02
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stevewm posted:North Indy? nah, South Bend, right by Notre Dame. I know the ones you speak of, though. Here's another one. Don't try to take a roundabout while high. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqAp1Q9DSfg Dude entered a roundabout (cutting off a car that was in it), came nearly to a stop in the roundabout, then used the two exiting lanes all to himself, flooring it only when I went to go around his slow-moving rear end. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Jun 15, 2020 |
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Jun 15, 2020 15:41
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NoWake posted:I don't think this is the AI consensus, but a lot of people around here like to poo poo on roundabouts because they think they cause accidents. Compared to a 2-way or 4-way stop, yeah a bad driver is going to mess it up. However, the accidents that happen in a roundabout, whether caused by the thing or not, are FAR less severe than a similar accident at a 2-way or 4-way stop. Oh I agree completely, I love roundabouts. I just with the people around here knew how to use them.
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Jun 15, 2020 18:14
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A couple of recent videos for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOk-jGHlss I would have stopped to help but seeing an Amish woman in the middle of the road on her cell phone had me more confused than anything, and I didn't even see her car way down the road until I was much closer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSgvR1SQPSs This person was just an rear end in a top hat. That's all.
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Aug 15, 2020 02:13
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Nitrox posted:In the first video, your dash cam is weirdly positioned. Off to the side, and quarter of a screen is looking at the GPS mount or whatever that is. Why don't you mount it right behind the mirror, next to the stem? I've got one dashcam that I transfer between seven cars. I don't always position it well, admittedly.
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Aug 15, 2020 15:33
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYZGJOWPXV8 You'd think somebody driving a car made before seatbelts had been invented would be a little more careful FBS posted:https://youtu.be/xp2I421iktw HOLY poo poo DUDE CornHolio fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Aug 31, 2020 |
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Aug 31, 2020 13:12
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Speaking of U-turns, I thought this guy was just making a really wide turn, but I think he was trying to pull a U-turn in front of me... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNJPXoto7WA And this one... I don't know why they didn't either speed up to get in front of me or slow down to get behind me, but I was maintaining a constant speed and couldn't get over because of traffic so I think they just didn't understand how to merge into traffic or something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6-84mQb4AE edit: Here's one from a few days ago that it wouldn't let me trim initially https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyNEPjTI4WY CornHolio fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Sep 12, 2020 |
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Sep 11, 2020 22:58
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Looks like they briefly thought it was a two-lane road. Gotta wonder if they would have made it all the way to the light if that traffic hadn't been there to show them the errors of their ways.
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Sep 17, 2020 13:01
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA3BjGPXG2Y This was a good one, what the gently caress
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Sep 18, 2020 22:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9osz9MJydME Well that was a close one
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Sep 28, 2020 01:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC2NHGSDUPo The turn lane isn't in the best shape, so I completely understand not wanting to damage your fragile masculinity on some bumps in the road.
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Oct 14, 2020 19:15
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huh, that exact thing happened to me on Friday, just haven't pulled the footage yet. They were in the near lane though, not the far lane. edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM2QUs1UMMk CornHolio fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Nov 3, 2020 |
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Nov 2, 2020 13:17
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Goddammit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQuiOxoLudI  
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Nov 6, 2020 00:41
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Nitrox posted:Did you file a report? A police report? No, but I'm calling insurance today. I don't see any value in a police report. I think it came off of the truck on the right shoulder that you see towards the end, not the truck right in front of me. No way I could go back and get his plate or anything or even prove it was his. StormDrain posted:How did that whole thing happen without you saying a word? I'm a pretty calm driver, unless I'm remarking at the utter stupidity of people.
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Nov 6, 2020 13:30
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Blue Footed Booby posted:In Virginia is a felony not to report an accident with more than I think 1,500 in damage. It's a fun law because how the gently caress am I supposed to know how much it'll cost to fix? That's a stupid law. I'm in Indiana and as awful a state as it is, no police report is needed. Insurance claim is filled out and I'm calling a body shop next week. I'm out a $250 comprehensive deductible but that's it. The damage looks to be limited to the front bumper cover and the splash guards on both sides and the middle. The tread went all the way under the car and popped the rear bumper cover off on one side but I put it back and it doesn't look damaged. I kind of wish I'd stopped at the next rest area like the buy behind me did, it looks like it might have done some more damage to their BMW.
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Nov 8, 2020 02:46
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APyQyAHqeZM Yesterday morning I got behind a pickup truck going ridiculously slowly. I patiently waited until the dotted yellow before passing him, and he tried to brake check me... as I was passing. Not shown is the part where he angrily sped up and tried to keep up (I was doing about 60 in a 55, he had been doing... 25 before I passed him, not just on these roads but on a few others. I'd been the fourth car in line behind him but a couple of others went straight on a previous road while we both turned) CornHolio fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Mar 3, 2021 |
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Mar 3, 2021 14:33
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Godholio posted:That does not look like a 55mph road. After the curve it's open country road for miles. Welcome to mid-Indiana. Before the curve, for a brief section it's 35 due to the houses so I maintained my distance while he did 30. I didn't startle him, judging by his speeding way up and trying to match my speed (I don't know what he was trying to do, honestly). He was just being a dick.
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Mar 4, 2021 13:45
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Godzilla07 posted:"If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver" - Ayrton Senna Nice E34 though
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Mar 8, 2021 13:21
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W70otGHRk0I If you're going to be going twenty under the speed limit on a road with a ton of passing zones, don't leave your left turn signal on. I hate playing the 'are they really turning left somewhere or did they forget?" game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNS6Aeuq5Fw Driving in the lines is hard for some people.
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May 21, 2021 02:00
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON8s_OBTWHs This is not something I would recommend doing... The truck next to me had a seriously weird horn, too.
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Jun 7, 2021 02:17
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Hikaki posted:This happened a while ago but I never thought to post it here. Enjoy this satisfying video. Inject this right into my veins
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Jun 14, 2021 15:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gw5dO1DCHA Here is one from a few weeks ago that freaked me out. They didn't come from behind me, and the driver looked a little shaken up, so I have to think he ran the red light bad and I somehow didn't see him when I turned. I mostly hit the save button so I could try to determine where he came from, but it didn't help.
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Jul 23, 2021 19:57
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spacebard posted:I was worried about this too when I first got the A119(v1) as I had to park outside (winters around -20C). I always detached it from the mount and took it inside in the winter, which was an easy enough habit to remember. That's trippy
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Sep 13, 2021 13:42
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I got passed this morning in an active school zone. Across a double yellow line, during a winter weather advisory too. Wish I'd followed them a little bit to get their plate but I thought maybe the camera would catch it. I can't make it out. I can't hardly make out what kind of SUV it was. I thought Buick Rendevous at the time but now I don't think so... Acadia maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n6E6Hy5XNY Anyway, seriously wtf
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Jan 26, 2022 02:10
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Well I got rearended pretty hard today in my Volvo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrWO2ZjWIVY Basically I was doing 55 in the left lane of US20 (my left turn was about a quarter mile away but I wasn't slowing down or anything yet) and a Jeep Renegade hit me doing ~80-90, then took off. My guess is they still had the cruise set from the limited access part of the bypass (where the speed limit is 65, though it's 50 where I was hit) and were just not paying attention. I tailed them while I called 911 and they tracked the parents down (it was registered in their name, and insured thankfully) and finally got ahold of him. He admitted fault and claims he 'dozed off.' I have the option to press charges for fleeing but I'm thinking I won't. I wish I had a rear-facing camera (which would have showed his speed coming up on me) but alas I don't.  His insurance is the same as mine. I have liability only on it but since he's at fault, my guess is they're going to want to total it and give me a few grand. My plan, assuming that's the case, is to buy it back from salvage. It's my winter beater and I've had it for 13 years. The heat works great, it's a 5-speed and I've got studded snow tires on it. My fear is that the impact caused other damage - the dash is now fully detached from the cowl and the ABS light is on. The battery was disconnected after I stopped, but moving the battery around seems to have fixed it. Runs and drives OK as far as I can tell.
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Feb 8, 2022 19:31
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bird with big dick posted:What was the excuse for fleeing? Still asleep? He claimed he tried pulling over right after the light (i uploaded another video that shows us both stopped at the light with me yelling at him to pull over, but he continued straight through the light. I was already in the phone with the police and they told me to pull into the gas station and wait for them). The cop didn't believe him. He is apparently on medication for anxiety so I'm thinking he just freaked out. At least he admitted fault.
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