Caught on dashcam

[Aware]

I've seen worse. But it's nice to see that some police forces are going to take such videos seriously. Yes, not in the USA.


"Dashcam footage has been released showing a driver watching football on a mobile phone.

Norfolk Police said the driver was given a warning letter.

It wants other people to send in dashcam footage which shows drivers breaking the law."



http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-norfolk-40563529/dashcam-footage-captures-distracted-driver

 

[RRR70]

Couple of years ago I passed an Escalade with porn playing on the big ass screens.

 

[RightCoastBias]

For serious crimes I think dashcams and civilians getting footage can be useful. But dashcams for traffic violations is not something I'm a fan of.

The UK and some other euro counties already have speed cams, which I hope never come here.

If I seem someone driving erradiclty or dangerously, I call 911 and report the vehicle.

 

[rsrider]

When everyone becomes an informant, we're all fucked.

 

[Nucking Futs]

When everyone becomes an informant, we're all fucked.

This is the real message!

 

[bojangle]

Couple of years ago I passed an Escalade with porn playing on the big ass screens.

Didn't you crash into an Escalade a couple years ago?

 

[RRR70]

Nope. I keep both hands on handlebars. :x

 

[Joebar4000]

Surprised it was a warning letter, normally they just send a NIP (Notice of Intended Prosecution).

http://www.motorlawyers.co.uk/procedure/notice_of_intended_prosecution.php

A lifelong friend in the UK is a copper - he said most people just give in when they get a NIP, because they know damn well they did it.

I have a dashcam specifically for the day when some fucktard comes speeding around a blind corner on my side of the road and hits me.

 

[rsrider]

I have a dashcam specifically for the day when some fucktard comes speeding around a blind corner on my side of the road and hits me.

I boggles how many people cheat blind corners, even when there's a dividing line painted on road. The thing is that a lot of the time, the inside track has debris on it, so an MC is forced onto the outside track, and here come the cheater and we're left hanging in the breeze with no choice but to hope the front doesn't wash out when we dive back into the inside to save ourselves from becoming road kill. I think that is the No.1 most dangerous thing I seem to encounter.

 

[2strokeYardSale]

In a perfect world we could send our helmet cam footage to the insurers of those caught on camera.