Not only are dash cams valuable for proving crash for cash scams but they are also useful for proving your innocence should you get caught up in an incident which is not your fault, which is what happened to this HGV driver, thank goodness he had a dash cam
This is the terrifying moment that a motorcyclist veers across a winding
country lane - and ploughs head-first into an oncoming lorry. The
footage is taken from the lorry’s dashcam, the biker is seen failing to
take a bend and drifts into the opposite carriageway as the HGV
approaches. The motorbike was torn in half by the impact - but
miraculously the rider escaped with just a broken shoulder.
Police thought that the lorry driver might have been guilty of speeding but the footage proved he was not at fault for the 30mph smash in Rye, East Sussex.
Mark Chamberlain, managing director of John Jempson & Son, which
owns the lorry, said that the footage proved that his company's driver
was not to blame for the accident.
"The driver was travelling safely and within the speed limit. You can see on the video that he is passed first by a motorcyclist who
turned out to be the female partner of the injured rider. The second rider follows very closely behind her. If you slow the
video right down you can see that he hits a pothole and veers over the
road into the path of our truck after coming out of a corner. There is a collision but thankfully the motorcyclist is lucky and he
escapes with a broken shoulder. He is already coming off the bike at the
point of impact and he ends up falling to the side of our truck.
We came across a great article that we want to share with you, we have done a short summary here:
The first self-driving cars are expected to
hit showrooms within just five short years. Their
capabilities will be
largely limited to highways, where there aren’t things like pedestrians
and cyclists to deal with. You won’t fully cede control, as long as
the road is clear, the car’s in control. But when all that computing
power senses trouble, like construction or rough weather, it will have
you take the wheel. The issue however is, that switch will not—because it cannot—happen immediately.
Audi’s testing has shown it takes an average of 3 to 7 seconds—and as
long as 10—for a driver to snap to attention and take control, even
when prompted by flashing lights and verbal warnings. This means
engineers must ensure an autonomous Audi can handle any situation for at
least that long. This is not insignificant, because a lot can happen in
10 seconds, especially when a vehicle is moving more than 100 feet per
second.Which brings us to dash cam videos that illustrate the myriad things that can, and do, happen on public
roads. Here is just one random example:
so from realising what was happening to the accident was under 10 seconds, im fairly sure that a self-driving car would have been embedded in a cow! lets face it who is going to prepare a car with a simulation of what should happen if a lorry of cows unceremoniously "unloads" in front of you?
There are lots more random examples in the full article which can be found here
I think this video is particularly interesting because it shows evidence from a dash cam from one direction of an incident and footage from what is presumably a go pro fixed on a motorbike.
"The footage shows Lee Oliver attempting to do a wheelie on his motorcycle at more than 70mph, losing control and being thrown from his bike into the path of a passing van."
I couldn't even believe what I was seeing to be honest, has he not watched frozen "Let It Go!" at least if it had escalated further the driver of the van (I am assuming this because of the "background noise") would have had the proof he needed about how aggressive the Audi driver was.
Came across this video today. As he says himself some of the driver errors that he has caught are minimal but his written commentary on the video makes me chuckle - mainly because I know that I would also be having this kind of inner dialogue if it was me driving that vehicle. Have a great day everyone
Wondered what you get in the Road Angel Halo box? 2 cameras for a start for excellent protective coverage from scammers
Not only are dash cams valuable for proving crash for cash scams but they are also useful for proving your innocence should you get caught up in an incident which is not your fault, which is what happened to this HGV driver, thank goodness he had a dash cam
The first self-driving cars are expected to
hit showrooms within just five short years. Their 
I think this video is particularly interesting because it shows evidence from a dash cam from one direction of an incident and footage from what is presumably a go pro fixed on a motorbike.
I couldn't even believe what I was seeing to be honest, has he not watched frozen "Let It Go!" at least if it had escalated further the driver of the van (I am assuming this because of the "background noise") would have had the proof he needed about how aggressive the Audi driver was.
Came across this video today. As he says himself some of the driver errors that he has caught are minimal but his written commentary on the video makes me chuckle - mainly because I know that I would also be having this kind of inner dialogue if it was me driving that vehicle. Have a great day everyone
This guy suddenly got a lot less brave when the owner of the dash cam pretended he was going to run him over, funny that!