Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by mesofile on Friday February 15, 2013 @01:40PM (#5227655)

Seems like a necessity in Russia but a useful thing to have elsewhere. I know I've been in situations in the USA where I've wished I'd had one.

Can anyone here recommend a brand/model?

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by georgecmu on Friday February 15, 2013 @02:35PM (#5228020)

Here's a (n automatically translated) review of one of the better ones (Full/True HD + GPS):

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js...

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by mahyarm on Friday February 15, 2013 @02:13PM (#5227874)

There are a lot of cheap ones that are designed for the purpose on ebay, just search for 'dash cam'. They take standard SD video, record to an SD card and overwrite the oldest videos as it runs out of space. They can also start up automatically when they get power/you turn on the car. And they have a monitor.

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by jff on Friday February 15, 2013 @04:47PM (#5228873)

I'm thinking of buying one of those Raspberry Pi cameras when they become available and whipping up a bit of Go code to make my own dashcam for < $100. I think it would work great. You could even add a cheap USB wifi dongle and have it upload the videos when you're in your driveway.

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by pixl97 on Friday February 15, 2013 @05:20PM (#5229040)

http://januscam.com/index.php/products/dual-camera-janus-v2

I've installed these in taxis. They have outside/inside cams (to make sure the occupants aren't pointing a gun at the driver). They have a wireless 2.4ghz wireless upload to upload the files when the car gets to home base. And they show telemetry, speed, gps, and impact/vibration.

They are for commercial purposes so they are probably out of the price range of most people ($400 I think).

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by stcredzero on Friday February 15, 2013 @02:59PM (#5228172)

> I know I've been in situations in the USA where I've wished I'd had one.

Lots of people in this country Just. Flat. Out. Lie! Context is high stakes? Think you can get away with lying? Then lie!

jaquesm commented that a fish rots from the head. Cancers can also start in the body.

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by smackfu on Friday February 15, 2013 @02:21PM (#5227933)

This guy reviews them on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan

I think all the brands are "random Chinese company of the week."

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by Domenic_S on Friday February 15, 2013 @01:42PM (#5227677)

A coworker uses a gopro. Seems like overkill to me, but they're small...

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by freehunter on Friday February 15, 2013 @03:18PM (#5228332)

I've been eyeballing a GoPro for a dash cam since it also overlaps with my other hobbies (cycling and ATV riding). The big drawbacks seem to be the low-light filming and the fact that it doesn't automatically turn on or automatically rewrite when the disk gets full.

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by modoc on Friday February 15, 2013 @03:37PM (#5228470)

The GoPro 3 Black low light performance is quite good (much better than earlier versions).

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by smackfu on Friday February 15, 2013 @04:08PM (#5228694)

Yeah, plus it's much more tempting to thieves or kids who want a GoPro.

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Re:Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival O... by rdl on Friday February 15, 2013 @10:49PM (#5230300)

Is there a good way to put one in the grille of the car (i.e. permanent), not in the passenger compartment?

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