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Nidhg00670000 posted:Well tbf, real winter tyres *are* worse on wet roads than all-seasons or summer tyres. Most of the tyres called "winter tyres" in Germany gets called "continental winter tyres" here in Sweden, and are considered worse on snow and ice than real winter tyres, but better on wet & dry roads. That's probably pretty common around Europe, the wording is similar in the Czech Republic as well. Which is good, because I'll probably make this year without buying winter tires for the miata again. It only snowed for the first time yesterday, and was up to 10 degrees until then, and in March it's already getting warmer... The Locator posted:What really amazes me about the winter Russian dash cam videos is how many of them are simply people going far too fast for conditions, and/or trying to pass traffic on what is basically a strip of ice between snow berms, sometimes combined with no visibility. Case in loving point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qATEr8Q-jQg&t=11s
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The amount of stupidity on display is... impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW_IkA16AeE&t=123s
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Being a dick because the camera truck/van was hogging up the left lane when the right one was completely empty.
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The camera vehicle was at worst a minor annoyance at the beginning, though it reacted in the worst possible way to the Accord's dumbass provocation. Anyway, at least it wasn't this, jfc  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKx-iDeceac&t=80s (from 1:20, if it doesn't jump there automatically)
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NoWake posted:I'm not very I've seen a few coworkers put tape over their work laptop webcams. I'd understand the concern if you're jerkin' it while on a conf call from home but a) there's an indicator LED and b) if anyone wants to watch me sit for 10 hours in an office chair, I'm more than happy to waste their time! On the other hand, the standard dashcams are a bit disconcerting because I could see you getting in trouble for disabling it intentionally sooner rather than later.
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, but I've put electrical tape over my laptop's camera because it creeps me out to have it always looking at me. It shouldn't be too hard for someone to neuter their cameras if they don't want 'em. I bet the production version runs through OnStar and carries something like a >$20 monthly subscription fee to use. Not to say that it wouldn't collect/transmit data without the subscription... yeah maybe I am a little paranoid.
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Has anyone tried disassembling their dashcam and integrating the insides into their car? I'm considering doing something like that for my miata, as I wouldn't want to either leave it visible somewhere nor putting/removing it every single time I go somewhere.
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Apr 24, 2014 16:28
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Mantle posted:Here's how Mat at Techmoan did it: http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2014/2/24/using-a-mobius-camera-and-some-accessories-to-make-my-ideal.html Thanks, this is pretty much what I've been thinking! I suppose if I don't keep the case, the whole thing could be hidden behind the sun visor. And another thing I was considering is sticking my tablet in-dash and using OTG webcams to forward/reverse, but never got to the first part so far.
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This is either a viral ad for the next Saints Row game or probably just Russia.mpg: https://www.youtube.com/v/Wnsdc7cTPuU
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LloydDobler posted:The video cracked me up because your reaction is the same as mine usually is. loving GO JESUS CHRIST. Had this poo poo happen on our version of the interstate last week, except I was behind the guy who suddenly decided to stop to let the other one in. He gave me the finger for being upset about it. Really, this is fairly common and I see people in the right lane slow down, sometimes almost to the point of stopping, to let mergers in all the time and it's completely infuriating. Also had a guy try to switch into my lane while I was still occupying it the other day, but hitting the brakes and horn was enough to avoided contact.
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Sep 27, 2014 10:18
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I don't think that excuses a maneuver like that though, exit be damned 
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Merging/horn story: I had a guy in front of me come to a stop on the road being merged onto to let some dumbfuck in. He then got pissed off at me for pointing out this stupidity. http://i.imgur.com/eKuw9hv.gifv Looks like his own fault but the "hosed out of nowhere" factor is high.
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Geirskogul posted:And on some cars it could twist the A-pillar, which is essentially a total situation. davebo posted:Proceed forward after noticing the other traffic was also stopped. At least here if there are no working lights you treat it as a 4-way stop sign intersection, so if the coast was clear he could have just gone like the van did. Is that the case in most of Europe or are you obligated to sit there until there just isn't any traffic on the larger road?  In other places you might encounter a yield or stop sign. If there's nothing, the cars on the right have the right of way as MrOnBicycle says. As for dashcams, Xiaomi has a dash version of the Yi, now with a screen, auto-recording and crash detection (among other things). I have the regular Yi and in terms of image quality it's as good as it gets, at least.  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xiaomi-Yi-1...pcAAOSwf05XOvSF Techmoan has a review of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifPhMULpiWI
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That's what happens if your truck isn't big enough
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Jun 26, 2016 11:36
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Kazy posted:I don't even see what I'm supposed to be looking at. A truck runs a red light and gets immediately lit up by a cop.
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 Also the red lights on the street you're turning in reminds me of the first time I ran into those in the US (it's very unusual to have lights on the other side of an intersection here). I was making a turn just like that, saw the red lights and immediately started panicking that I must've ran a red light. So I hit the brakes and started checking if there's any cross traffic, pedestrians trying to cross the street in front of me and so on.
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EightBit posted:So, you don't have lights for the opposing and/or intersecting directions? Could you clarify this? The lights are, usually, before the intersection. If you're stopped at a red, they're almost directly above you, and not on the other side of the intersection, across the road.  If you're making a left turn here on your green, you will not see a red light which is there for the traffic coming from your right. It's located right in front of the black car on the right here. Not a big deal at all, as I said it just freaked me out a little the first time. Like in that video, you see Takes No Damage makes a left and go through red lights, and I was not used to that and expected pedestrians to start running across or something. Well yeah, that was the point in the original post vvv mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Dec 7, 2016 |
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I'm getting quite tired of all these cocks on the road here as well
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This is surprisingly common considering in dashcam videos considering how difficult it should actually be to pull off. Still, I have no idea how does this not happen several times per race in F1 and other open-wheel series.
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Apr 13, 2017 11:13
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A moron in a Skoda decides to show off and understeers right into a ditch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2IpM1fGNvo
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Jun 20, 2017 19:44
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But that would be only whatever speed he bounced off the seat with, not the full force of the impact. And he jumped out into oncoming traffic so even if the truck didn't get him, another car easily could have.
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Jun 25, 2017 19:29
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Looks like they saved the car at least.
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Oct 1, 2017 10:15
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You can get around this problem with some tempered glass screen protectors, which are circularly polarized I guess and as a result you can see the screen through glasses at any angle.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP87qzyKTMA Not particularly new but I haven't seen most of these before and there are some great close calls and lucky/skillful saves.
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My dad asked me for recommendations for a camera to use on a bicycle, either worn on the body or attached to the bike. No specific requirements other than reasonable price and some amount of weatherproofing. Any suggestions? I just use a Xiomi Yi for track days but it's not really ideal as a dashcam so I'm pretty clueless about what's available nowadays.
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Jeez the 12CE is like 300 eurobucks, that's probably more than he'd want to spend. But thanks, it's no wonder I wasn't really finding anything because they're the only game in town.
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Nitrox posted:What about the unnoficial GoPro copies from eBay or Amazon? It's there bicycle cam equivalent? I was under impression that those are made from the same components, maybe even at the same factories in China. Also, people have been using automotive dash cams on motorcycles for a long time. Just need to get creative with mounting and waterproofing. Most common way is to put a ziplock bag over it in the rain The Xiaomi Yi I mentioned is the Chinese GoPro knockoff It was good for the time but doesn't have any dashcamy features and is a bit outdated by now, as it only does FHD and the quality isn't as good as a modern cam. I do have a waterproof case for it though that works fine even for diving. Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Bike cams are a really weird market that nobody serves well, except Cycliq with their multiple of issues. MisterOblivious posted:It's been a while since I've looked at cycling cameras, but that was the best all-around budget camera the last time I did. 5 hour record, decent low light performance, rainproof, has a rotating lens so it can be side mounted on a helmet or upside down on a Garmin/K-Edge mount. Nitrox posted:https://www.provizsports.com/en-gb/blog/best-cycling-safety-cameras
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Krakkles posted:I dunno about way more than normal, but I find that the vast majority of dashcam content is more of a self-own than the people originally posting them seem to realize. I haven't watched the latest one yet but it seems to happen pretty often in the aussie videos. There'd be someone obviously about to merge into the lane and the camera car just keeps going or even speeds up because they either didn't see it, or probably thought that they had the right of way so gently caress off.
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ryanrs posted:Heh. I nabbed a wheel once that fell off a trailer. Threw it into my van and drove down the block to where the guy had stopped, "Hey you dropped this!" I once ran into a box that fell off a truck in front of me. This was on the highway though so I didn't stop there to check what was inside, could've been bitcoins.
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Dick Trauma posted:The monthly collection is usually harmless, but their generic crash compilations like this one often have harsher stuff. Oh wow, no kidding. Based on the usual compilations that get posted, I thought no actual collisions take place in Australia, just a lot of swearing.
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One issue is that here, the duration of amber seems to differ based on the street's speed limit. Which makes sense of course, to give a bigger margin at higher travel speeds. But it can make it more difficult to estimate how much time you actually have, so I sometimes find myself hitting the brakes and coming to a stop before the light turns red. Meaning that I could've easily safely crossed the intersection at the original speed.
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PenisMonkey posted:I used it on my last road trip when I saw three different vehicles towing two different vehicles each in the span of 700 miles. It’s easier to just filter for the “locked” files than try to comb through 10 hours worth of 1 minute long videos. I don't have a dashcam but used a regular sports carmera on a recent road trip. I didn't catch anything super extraordinary but anything remotely interesting is buried between hours and hours of footage that I'm not particularly looking forward to scrubbing through all of that to get to the cool bits. Would be nice to just have button that marks the relevant files or timecodes. Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:12:23 as well. The clip starts pretty late in the buildup but there’s no way they shouldn’t have seen them start moving and had plenty of time to react. The horn goes first before the nose dips. Dashcam videos also get posted on Reddit under idiotsincars and like half the time the camera car has the idiot who, if not actively breaking the rules, could've easily avoided the incident by taking the foot off the gas pedal for a moment.
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Finally decided to order a dashcam after seeing this one for like $36: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/328...96137dfac9b0b77 There are a bunch of sellers and I think mine was a chinese versions but whatever. Seems like a good option of you don't particularly care about image quality or silly features. Or just something to toss into your 5th car or whatever. Will report back with some footage once it arrives.
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chrisgt posted:i feel personally attacked by this. but change 5th to ... 10th. I've been here long enough to know the audience
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mobby_6kl posted:Finally decided to order a dashcam after seeing this one for like $36: As kind of expected, it looks like oversharpened 720p but for $35 it's good enough to identify idiots on the road.  It also talks to me in Chinese but the app (which you have to register to use  ) is in English and once set up, it just records all the time. The one button interface is really limiting though, as I can't figure out how to mark a video as protected from overwriting.
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Takes No Damage posted:Depending on the jankiness of the camera it may not have that function, you might just need to pull the files manually before they get overwritten. Mine can save clips but I've never used it, I get at least 1.5 days of commuting around town in 1440 on a 32GB card, unless you're a long-haul trucker it probably won't be an issue. Seems like it can do it automatically bases on the accelerometer or maybe even voice control (!?) but I haven't installer it get as I was on vacation. Obviously if there's a real incident, it's not a problem to just pull the card. But I was hoping to just record idiots on the road for fun and it would be a huge pain in the rear end to either rewatch everything or try to record the timestamps manually or something. FBS posted:In my experience in Texas and Illinois we can handle one-lane roundabouts reasonably well, but as soon as you add a second lane it breaks our poor stupid brains. I'm completely used to roundabouts but if it's poorly marked and/or in an unfamiliar area (or country) they can be tricky since you might not know if the outer lane is exit-only, if you can exit from the inner lane or have to change first, etc.
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To make sure they don't get clipped by the van? Or they're an idiot who can't drie.
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This is from the $30 70mai cam I posted above earlier. Even downscaled it's visibly not great in terms of IQ but definitely good enough for the purpose. As I suspected, driving just 50km today was sufficient to collect some material! 1st clip is something I complained about but what doesn't seem to be a common issue elsewhere. Some impatient morons try to overtake a car that's merging in front of them, thus making it dangerous for them to complete the merge and potentially endangering the cars already on the road. As we can see in the second clip later today. https://i.imgur.com/lvghCgx.mp4 The last one is bonus material, I was stuck behind the truck and had to wait until the BMW flew by before taking the exit, when that guy had to make sure he didn't miss his exit.
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Yeah you're not supposed to cross the solid white line here. The first clip is obviously not the end of the world, it was just a clear example of what I meant. But I'm definitely not a fan and not because of the magic white line (I cross it too in the last clip  ), it just creates a more dangerous situation for no good reason:
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Audio is maybe like a megabyte a minute? Negligible for 1080p video. I just have it off so it's not recording my criminal conspiracies.
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