Dashcam Thread: Yes I ran the red light pretty badly, but

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Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Not mine, but holy poo poo :stare:

Admiral Joeslop posted:

https://i.imgur.com/5512HBa.mp4

Driver was uninjured.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2023 22:15

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# ¿ May 18, 2024 12:27

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

SlowBloke posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Y9CA8XMyc

Some of clips are quite scary, some of the starting ones could have gone far worse.

Whew! Almost made it a full 60 seconds before the first MAMA MIA :sweatdrop:

# ¿ Jun 3, 2023 06:00

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Somebody done hosed up and swiped at least 3 cars down the street from my place:

https://i.imgur.com/MhPfKmu.mp4

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 00:31

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Safety Dance posted:

Go back there and hit that car yourself!

*taps username*

We should all strive to drive the same way you dance :angel:

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 07:16

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Last I saw most people were recommending either the A119 or A129 for good value single cams. They're also listed in the recommendations from r/dashcam.

In general, with a dashcam you want to focus more on single frame quality rather than framerate, the idea being that it's easier to pull a clear image of a license plate with 2-4k at 30fps than 1080 at 60fps.

vvv
Also a good point about leaving audio recording on, for just that reason.

Takes No Damage fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Oct 7, 2023

# ¿ Oct 6, 2023 05:31

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

devicenull posted:

We call it the "gently caress you I'm a bus" factor

madeintaipei posted:

Always heard it as the, "lug nut law". If it has more lug nuts than you, you lose. Win instead by staying alive.

*ahem*

Right of Weigh

:smug:

# ¿ Oct 9, 2023 06:04

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

SlapActionJackson posted:

dashcam faithfully captures uninterrupted HD video of my crime spree and my face reacting to my own crime spree.

Me: "That could have been anybody, and since when is it a crime to try and run over pedestrians with a TRUKK? Not Guilty!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acAk1VM-p-A

# ¿ Oct 21, 2023 03:16

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Not actual dashcams, but the schad thread is rich with driving content this weekend:

Megillah Gorilla posted:

I have a 20 year old Ford Escape and it wouldn't even blink going up a slope like that. That pathetic thing is a loving embarrassment.

Video for those without Twitter.

(sound is an absolute must)

https://i.imgur.com/M4q39aO.mp4

Traxis posted:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...655881995_1.mp4

# ¿ Nov 12, 2023 03:26

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

gently caress you arrow you're not better than me :colbert:

https://i.imgur.com/zyAzUg4.mp4

Yes I ran the red light pretty badly, but

https://i.imgur.com/eXhJrlM.mp4

# ¿ Nov 25, 2023 03:02

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

I've got either an A119 or an A129 and it's been working well for a few years. Check the right panel of https://www.reddit.com/r/Dashcam/ for some current recommendations based on cost, performance etc.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2023 00:50

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Cactus Ghost posted:

you got this avatar too i see. there's a mad avatarer afoot

I'm starting to see a lot of people with the same Biden birthday cake av lately too :tinfoil:

# ¿ Nov 29, 2023 06:25

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Rev. Bleech_ posted:

boy it's been a banner week for the ol Roav
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JudZ6qqqxb8

https://i.imgur.com/m7VuybY.mp4

vvv
:hmmyes:

Takes No Damage fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Mar 24, 2024

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# ¿ May 18, 2024 12:27

Takes No Damage: Nov 20, 2004; The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.; Grimey Drawer

Nitrox posted:

Make sure to use the proper memory cards, design specifically to use for cameras

two_beer_bishes posted:

e: I also had a problem with corrupted files with previous cameras so I also got the endurance SD cards that are "optimized for dashcams" whatever that means.

Look for High Endurance. HE are designed to be written to constantly, such as recording a stream of video whenever your car is on. Regular consumer cards don't expect that level of read/write and will crap out on you every time. See also: running a NAS OS off a USB stick but not realizing that the constant log file writing would keep bricking them and bringing your server down

# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 04:09

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