Submariner Gold
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Purely hyperthetical.
I, like I suspect many others, buy dashcams to give us concrete evidence; in the unfortunate event of a crash.
Hence, I wondered does a road traffic officer actually have the right to just take it! Especially if you refuse to give it to him?
Personally before supplying any footage, I would want to review it, and show it to my solicitor if there was a contested view, as to whom any blame should fall on. I’d probably also want to just supply “copy”, footage of the actual incident, i.e. not my driving style recorded on days before.
I am particularly interested in the views of any UK solicitors, and barristers. Are there any on here?
And No, I am not looking for free binding, legal advice, more information from those, who actually know the law.
I suspect if the accident was serious and or someone was hurt, they could argue that they had reasonable grounds to believe a road traffic act violation had taken place; and that this was evidence thereof, and therefore they had reasonable grounds to believe this footage could prove it.
I do recall someone saying there was a difference between ones home, and open public spaces regarding search warrants?
If that is true, where would the inside of my car stand?
No particular rush on this as its just an interesting point.
And slightly amused by the irony, that ones own dashcam could end up shooting oneself in the foot! (Which I guess is fair if you were the guilty party)
I am also aware of just how fast these wide angle lenses make your speed look, and as I dont have GPS to verify my speed it could work against you. ( admittedly one can time from A to B and therefore calculate speed, even without GPS data) but yet again that old walnut “perception” rears its head.
I, like I suspect many others, buy dashcams to give us concrete evidence; in the unfortunate event of a crash.
Hence, I wondered does a road traffic officer actually have the right to just take it! Especially if you refuse to give it to him?
Personally before supplying any footage, I would want to review it, and show it to my solicitor if there was a contested view, as to whom any blame should fall on. I’d probably also want to just supply “copy”, footage of the actual incident, i.e. not my driving style recorded on days before.
I am particularly interested in the views of any UK solicitors, and barristers. Are there any on here?
And No, I am not looking for free binding, legal advice, more information from those, who actually know the law.
I suspect if the accident was serious and or someone was hurt, they could argue that they had reasonable grounds to believe a road traffic act violation had taken place; and that this was evidence thereof, and therefore they had reasonable grounds to believe this footage could prove it.
I do recall someone saying there was a difference between ones home, and open public spaces regarding search warrants?
If that is true, where would the inside of my car stand?
No particular rush on this as its just an interesting point.
And slightly amused by the irony, that ones own dashcam could end up shooting oneself in the foot! (Which I guess is fair if you were the guilty party)
I am also aware of just how fast these wide angle lenses make your speed look, and as I dont have GPS to verify my speed it could work against you. ( admittedly one can time from A to B and therefore calculate speed, even without GPS data) but yet again that old walnut “perception” rears its head.