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SandraWIhan
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Do you install the dash cam and forget about it? Or do you check it whenever you start driving?
Most, if not ALL, of today's dash cams are made by no-name or questionable Chinese manufacturers. Yes, some are very good, but most are not completely reliable 100% of the time.
What can be worse when you're T-boned by a careless driver and need the video to prove the other driver ran a stop sign or red light, only to find out your dash cam was not working at the time?
Having said that, I have not looked at my dash cam in a LONG time. I played with it quite often during the first couple of weeks after installation. After the "novelty" wore off, I kind of just ignored it. I originally had the unit set to beep whenever I start the car. I have since turned the beep off because it got annoying after a month or two.
I started thinking about this when I was reading a NTSB report on an air crash a few years ago. In one section that discussed the ****pit voice recorder, the manufacturer's specs listed reliability as one failure in 30 million operations.(i.e., it will most likely outlast the aircraft) Of course, those things cost $80,000 a piece.
Most, if not ALL, of today's dash cams are made by no-name or questionable Chinese manufacturers. Yes, some are very good, but most are not completely reliable 100% of the time.
What can be worse when you're T-boned by a careless driver and need the video to prove the other driver ran a stop sign or red light, only to find out your dash cam was not working at the time?
Having said that, I have not looked at my dash cam in a LONG time. I played with it quite often during the first couple of weeks after installation. After the "novelty" wore off, I kind of just ignored it. I originally had the unit set to beep whenever I start the car. I have since turned the beep off because it got annoying after a month or two.
I started thinking about this when I was reading a NTSB report on an air crash a few years ago. In one section that discussed the ****pit voice recorder, the manufacturer's specs listed reliability as one failure in 30 million operations.(i.e., it will most likely outlast the aircraft) Of course, those things cost $80,000 a piece.