Bought Myself A Dashcam

[RGrew176]

Bought a Garmin Dash Cam 20 that is GPS enabled and films in either 720P or 1080P. I have found that the video quality is pretty darn good.

Based on the short time I have had this unit I can heartily recommend it.

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/shop...rod146282.html

All the video is time stamped along with the date. It records in slightly less than 4 minute segments. Makes it easier to go back to a certain time to pull up a video you want to watch. As soon as I figure how to post an actual video here you will see how date and time is part of the video presentation. It is also GPS enabled and draws its time from the same source your marine GPS or portable auto GPS does. It is pretty much slam dunk if you were to go to court and contest a ticket. A friend of mine got a ticket for running a red light. He said nothing and accepted the ticket from the officer. He got his court date. When it came time for him to testify he connected the same unit I bought to his laptop and played it for the judge. His case was dismissed and the judge chewed out the officer telling him to make sure the next time he writes up someone for running a red light to make sure they actually ran the light so as not to waste his time.

Here are a couple of examples of the camera capabilities. It also has a microphone to record sound so turn your sound on as long as you don't object to 60's music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hDw0587gZs

A daytime video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ8g...ature=youtu.be

A nighttime video. Near the end I have to hit the brakes to avoid running over a raccoon that decided to cross the road in front of me.

As to the data such as time, lat/lon, speed etc check the lower left of the video. All you need to verify date/time is there.

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[alldodge]

Been thinking about getting a dash cam ever since I got my last ticket. Car passed me on the interstate and as we both round to bend here is the cop. The short story is he stopped me saying I was doing 82 and the car in front of me is way gone now, I was on cruise at 76 just keeping up with everyone else. He was probably sleeping and the radar went off and by the time he opened his eyes all he saw was me

 

[gm280]

Nice video. But you need another one facing rearward too.

 

[fhhuber]

You hope you never need it... but a dashcam can save your behind in case of an accident (or in case of someone committing insurance fraud and setting you up)

 

[foodfisher]

Rough neighborhood! No 7-11's, no taco shops, no homeless, no illegal backpackers, no skateboarders in the street. Don't know how you can live there. :noidea::wink:

 

[alldodge]

A down side to a cam which uses gps is it tracks speed, as in my last ticket. I could have proved that it wasn't me doing 82, but after the judge saw I was doing 76 I would get a ticket anyway. Wonder if you can turn it off

 

[RGrew176]

A down side to a cam which uses gps is it tracks speed, as in my last ticket. I could have proved that it wasn't me doing 82, but after the judge saw I was doing 76 I would get a ticket anyway. Wonder if you can turn it off

I just ran through all the settings and it also has GPS capabilities that cannot be turned off. Looks like all the functions remain on.

 

[alldodge]

Thanks, good to know

 

[gm280]

You can always use a video editor if the need be. :noidea:

 

[aspeck]

You must live in the south ... you were in the left lane and I didn't see you pass a single vehicle ...

 

[MTboatguy]

You can always use a video editor if the need be. :noidea:

Don't want to do that, you could end up in the local pokey, we have a guy doing a 180 days in the local county jail right now that tried that and then presented to the judge, we he got hit with a fine and 180 for tampering with evidence!

 

[gm280]

Don't want to do that, you could end up in the local pokey, we have a guy doing a 180 days in the local county jail right now that tried that and then presented to the judge, we he got hit with a fine and 180 for tampering with evidence!

Oh come on now, where is your sense of adventure? ound:

 

[nwcove]

i bought one of those dash cams a few months back, ( after about two weeks of what seemed to be drivers from h*** around every corner !) after buying the unit, i recorded nothing of note....just a few deer and that kinda stuff. the big difference i did see with having a dashcam was at spot checks, without the cam ( and voicerecording) , the rcmp would stick their head right in my car, ask a bunch of pointless questions like " where are you off to? " where are you coming from?", with the cam, they behave a bit differently .

 

[gm280]

i bought one of those dash cams a few months back, ( after about two weeks of what seemed to be drivers from h*** around every corner !) after buying the unit, i recorded nothing of note....just a few deer and that kinda stuff. the big difference i did see with having a dashcam was at spot checks, without the cam ( and voicerecording) , the rcmp would stick their head right in my car, ask a bunch of pointless questions like " where are you off to? " where are you coming from?", with the cam, they behave a bit differently .

I realize they do ask such questions. But honestly, isn't that an invasion of your privacy? What business is it to anybody where you are going or came from? To keep from an sort of issue, I would tell them, but it really isn't anybody's business either. I haven't been stopped in decades now. Yes, old and slow now I guess. :facepalm:

 

[nwcove]

im old n slow too, but when you lean over to the glove box to get your paper work and turn back to the window only to have a near intimate moment with a law enforcement officer because his head is totally inside your space, those questions become something of an issue, and i agree, invasion of privacy. i do tell them the truth..coming from work....going home, or coming from home...going to work.

 

[Watermann]

Sounds like the Mountie was doing drunk interdiction and was just giving you the ole nasal appraisal is all. :lol:

Yeah GM, Canada doesn't have a pesky 4th amendment.