Dash Cams: Good idea or Not

I just want to say "Thanks" to the OP & everyone who posted on this thread. I'm definitely sold!

 

Been using a dash cam for about 6 months now and wouldn't dream of driving without one. As far as I'm concerned it's the most important purchase a driver can make. I can't think of any downside to them. I shudder to think of the time I was driving without one.

 

I got interrupted posting that, I wanted to include I like your setup. I don't mean to bust your huevos, but a little more less velocity never fails to produce more following distance.

 

Dude. Why did you not get away from this woman at your first opportunity? And I'd bet a dollar she's probably thinking you're ##### with her. "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." It is better to not think of fellow roadway users as competition/adversaries. It's the wrong attitude. They're amateurs, you're a professional.

(Notice how those red lights change to green right after you stop for them? Did you ever notice that that is often the case for motorists? I'm seeing you continue to accelerate toward lights that are still red after it is certain you're going to soon have to be braking. You could better manage your fuel/momentum.)

 

My bf has a company installed cam and it's proved useful on a few occasions. One instance was when a woman lost control of her car and swerved in front of him and ended up hitting the median wall. The cam showed his safety dept the reason for his hard breaking and showed the police part of what happened with her. Another one was one night while he was parked outside his receiver. A building about 1/2 a blk away from him was broken into. The police woke my bf up asking if he saw anything. They then asked about his dash cam. He gave them the info to contact his company to get any possible footage. So it's possible his cam could've caught the guys responsible.

 

Yep....you are soooo right Frank..remember the lines of pay phones in the old fuel stops....shoot...I'd wager the Petro's in Wetherford and El Paso had a couple hundred of them between the fuel desks and the restaurant. If the truckers of today could only have been around 40 years ago....they'd understand just how spoiled we've become. I remember the old hands telling me the same thing though....just how it was for "them" in the 30's & 40's & 50's.....funny how people never really change....just get MORE spoiled.

 

Yep. We used to have to drag laptops in to connect via 3rd parties at 2400 baud. One FJ waitress went nuts when I removed the booth phone from the wall to plug in, thought I was trying to steal it. Half the staff ended up coming by to gaze in wide wonder at that intertube thingy. They thought I was some sort of tech god.

 

Tony, a cell phone?? No way! That might scare away the deer and Turkey!