Guys is this car cam good price with free Kogan Delivery today?
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how is it mate
They look exactly the same…. Lol.
if I may ask, is there any particular reason why you want/need this?
If it saves you getting the blame just once you will recover the cost of the device 20-30 fold as opposed to paying excess / higher premiums / loosing NCB.
I am no lawyer but are you sure that is valid for this purpose?
My mate had some trouble with his housemates and the audio recordings he took had no legal value. I know it is different in this case but how will the anyone judge who is to blame with a video? that may depend on the angle of the camera and besides the video can be tampered with.
If someone runs a red, crashes into you and claims you ran the red then the video is going to help your cause a lot. As for tampering hand the memory card to the cops at the scene.
Taking a specific case scenario is not meaningful. It may work for the red light situation you described and only that.
Handing the memory card to the cops at the scene does not mean the recording has any legal value; it may show honesty. You could still hack the device beforehand. Even if you did not, the cops would have to have some forensics specialist look into this and probably look also into the device - a very expensive process.
There is also the question of privacy. You are recording other people's cars in this case. Not a big deal for private use but to use for legal purposes is an entirely different thing. You can install cameras on your property but your neighbour's property cannot appear on the recordings.
but anyway for that price, the potential financial reward is enough to justify the purchase I guess.
I am a lawyer and yes, it is valid for this purpose.
You can install cameras on your property but your neighbour's property cannot appear on the recordings.
That's absolute rubbish.
thanks for clarifying
No particular reason. I just want it, I dont need it
You are allowed to record in any place that is deemed to be public. You can also record audio, provided you have informed the person that you are recording.
I dont blame you for wanting a camera. They are now becoming necessary due to the dishonesty of many people.
I was involved in a situation were someone went through what was a very late orange light or red. Since there was no definitive evidence (I.e. cops charging the other party, or non involved witnesses)
The insurance company say that they then take the lights out of the picture to determine which party pays up.So Since I was the party doing a right hand turn I had to pay the excess. I believe that an in car camera would have changed the situation in this case.
As far as recording goes, The laws for recording audio depend on which state you are in. The advise I have is that in Victoria you can record any conversation that you are personally involved in without having to make the other party aware of it. But you cannot record a conversation that you are not a member of.
I use one on my bike every day. I captured footage of a passenger opening a car door into my path which knocked me off my bike (and bent the car door so far forward it wrote the car off…cheap car). Initially they were weighing up how they could apportion some of the blame on me, but faced with video showing that I was riding sensibly and at a reasonable speed for the conditions, they realised that they didn't have a leg to stand on and paid up promptly. I showed the video to my insurance company who were amazed at such great evidence and were really eager to help me lodge a claim and recover the funds from the 3rd party…but didn't need to in the end as it was handled directly. The cops didn't care about the footage or charging either the driver or passenger for the breach of road rule 269(3) which attracts a $300+ fine and 3 demerit points for the driver in victoria. On a bike I can see the value…a car hits you, it's most likely "lights out" and you wake up in hospital wondering what happened, the video plays it all back for you in HD. In a car you have a bit more protection, but if the worst happens, the video with either back you up…or possibly condemn you as you have footage of your general driving demeanor prior to the event…also records other car rego plates for tracking down witnesses too should they be needed beyond the video evidence. Keep in mind that I haven't really seen any videos that work well in low light conditions.
Not completely dark and a bit blurry as it was wet at that time.
Dashcam: BlackVue DR550GW-2CH
Not sure if in Australia we have insurance policies/laws which can apportion the blame for a incident.
It is either right or wrong, no 80% wrong and 20% right.I've been in a situation like this:
Turning Left there were 5 cars.
There was a "Turning Light" at the lights, so everything is black and white in terms of who's turning and whats not supposed to be moving.A car runs the red, the first car turning left does a quick immediate stop to avoid the car which ran the red.
All 5 cars crash into each other one by 1.
If this was any other country which allows you to proportion the blame, the person who ran the red would take like 80% blame, then the others would eat a portion of the 20% left over, for driving too close to each other.
In Australia, who ever's car rear ends somebody is incorrect, in this case it was a chain reaction of insurance claims, with the front most car not paying any excess since he didn't rear end anybody.
The car running the red light is irrelevant. It could have been anything that caused the sudden stop - even the lead driver sneezing. If the car had not run the red light, the other cars would still have been travelling too close to each other.
I've had cyclist mates bullied by insurance companies trying it on to accept a lower settlement and they usually get away with it because there are very few actual policies that insure a bicycle while it is being ridden. You cannot actually go out and buy a policy for a bicycle like you can for a car to comprehensively insure it and have a team of lawyers at your beck and call to go thump some money out of someone who can't drive properly and has damaged your property (there are some policies thankfully and I have one) but most cyclists find it's just them against the big, well-oiled insurance company and with a he-says-she-says discussion of events the cyclist usually walks away empty handed or having to wait for sometimes years to get even a fraction of what they are legally entitled to.
A video speeds that compensation process up very quickly indeed.
Do any of these cameras have an auto standby, or do they need to be turned off manually?
A 77 yo woman reversed into my car when it was completely stationary after parking behind her, collecting all my things and getting out. She claims that it was dark outside (2pm) and I "appeared out of nowhere". Funny how I was outside my vehicle when the whole thing occurred, watching like a spectator and even before she got into her car.
i used one of this but i bought it from ebay (Syd)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271112395807?ssPageName=STRK:MEWN…