Florida Dashcam
Member
- Joined
- Apr 5, 2017
- Messages
- 47
- Reaction score
- 15
- Location
- Central Florida
- Country
- United States
- Dash Cam
- Black Box G1W-H // Vantrue X1 Pro // Viofo A119-S V2
Hello all!
New to the forum and I got into an interesting conversation with my father yesterday, wanted to see what you would do in this situation?
Really just trying to stir up conversation and get to know some of my lovely fellow forum users!
And no, this didn't actually happen . **Also, I wasn't sure to post this in the legal forum or here, as it's not really a
legitimately "legal" question. I might even make more of these threads.
So let's get into it..
THE SITUATION
Say hypothetically, you get into an accident of some type - and the accident wasn't your fault. Perhaps the person who hit you ran a
stop sign or a red light, or maybe they were distracted and rear ended you. We can even go as far as to say that the person was
driving erratically/speeding and carelessly hit your car. Whatever the case, you get out of the car, they get out of their car. We can
play devil's advocate and say that the driver who hit you is trying to pin the accident on you, but you know without a shadow of a
doubt, you are not at fault.
While surveying the damage/pointing fingers/figuring out who to call, DO YOU:
A.) Tell them you have a dash cam and that you have the entire thing on camera, and that not only are they not at fault, but you
intend to show the police (who are already on the way)
B.) Don't tell them you have a dash cam, wait for the police officer to arrive, and present the footage
(EDIT, adding this one because people are doing this as well)
C.) Don't tell them you have a dash cam, nor the police officer, and take it up with the insurance company's claims department
My father believes that if you tell them, they may retaliate or even try to destroy the dash cam, OR potentially flee the scene before
the officers can arrive. When a coworker heard this, he agreed, but then another said that he would tell the person and wouldn't
give a rat's ass who heard, if the person was being unreasonable.
What would you do and why would you do it that way?
New to the forum and I got into an interesting conversation with my father yesterday, wanted to see what you would do in this situation?
Really just trying to stir up conversation and get to know some of my lovely fellow forum users!
And no, this didn't actually happen . **Also, I wasn't sure to post this in the legal forum or here, as it's not really a
legitimately "legal" question. I might even make more of these threads.
So let's get into it..
THE SITUATION
Say hypothetically, you get into an accident of some type - and the accident wasn't your fault. Perhaps the person who hit you ran a
stop sign or a red light, or maybe they were distracted and rear ended you. We can even go as far as to say that the person was
driving erratically/speeding and carelessly hit your car. Whatever the case, you get out of the car, they get out of their car. We can
play devil's advocate and say that the driver who hit you is trying to pin the accident on you, but you know without a shadow of a
doubt, you are not at fault.
While surveying the damage/pointing fingers/figuring out who to call, DO YOU:
A.) Tell them you have a dash cam and that you have the entire thing on camera, and that not only are they not at fault, but you
intend to show the police (who are already on the way)
B.) Don't tell them you have a dash cam, wait for the police officer to arrive, and present the footage
(EDIT, adding this one because people are doing this as well)
C.) Don't tell them you have a dash cam, nor the police officer, and take it up with the insurance company's claims department
My father believes that if you tell them, they may retaliate or even try to destroy the dash cam, OR potentially flee the scene before
the officers can arrive. When a coworker heard this, he agreed, but then another said that he would tell the person and wouldn't
give a rat's ass who heard, if the person was being unreasonable.
What would you do and why would you do it that way?
Last edited: