You may have noticed that dash cams are becoming more and more popular in western countries. Until recently, only police cars had a dash cam installed. But then the unthinkable happened and a meteor hit a remote town somewhere in Siberia, Russia, and to everyone’s surprise, dozens of live videos of the event instantly appeared on YouTube!
This is because in Russia, dash cams have become very popular due to rampant corruption and insurance fraud problems in the country. Russian drivers use them for various reasons: A, Dash cameras allow them to provide video evidence in the event they are involved in an accident through no fault of their own. two, They provide protection against corrupt police officers who have ticketed drivers who had done nothing wrong. Three, And this may sound unbelievable if you haven’t seen it, but there are actually videos of pedestrians suddenly jumping into a moving car to claim insurance money from the driver.
Now guess what? Dash cams are also useful for these precise reasons in your country. You may be lucky enough to live in a place where corruption is less widespread, but there’s still a chance you’ll run into a black sheep one day. And while I hope this is never the case, how can I say that I will never, ever be involved in a traffic accident?
Invaluable in proving your innocence in a court of law, dash cam footage can be used to clear yourself once and for all of any false accusations you may be charged with. But that is not all. While dash cams are great in the event of an accident, most people will never need the footage to defend themselves in court (although it’s nice to know you could, if need be).
reason four – why more and more people decide to buy a dash cam: They’re funny!
Have you ever driven through a beautiful landscape and just enjoyed the view while driving? Imagine recording these magical moments, sharing them with your friends and family later at home, or even adding background music and uploading a nice video to YouTube. Rare animals grazing along the road, or that weird celebrity crossing the street right in front of you? Now you can back up your road trip stories with HD video!
Dash cams are always on while you’re driving. They start recording when you turn the ignition key, so you don’t have to worry about remembering to turn on the camera. And while memory cards are limited in capacity, modern dash cams allow you to record over 4 hours of footage at the best video quality.
In addition, they use a technique called “cyclical recording”, which means that once your memory card is full, they will automatically overwrite the oldest images, so there is no way you will run out of “disk space”.
Of course, you will be able to mark those parts of your video sequence that you want to keep, so they won’t be overwritten until you copy them to your personal computer. Also, most modern car cameras have a G-sensor that, in the event of an impact, automatically marks the recording for safekeeping (so it won’t be accidentally overwritten).
