it seems like it wasn't long ago that the only places we really saw dash cams
were when we were sitting on our couches B watching episodes of Cops and laughing
as the police had to respond to a report of an alligator on the loose or whatever
but with the decreasing costs of portable video recorders I mean you can
get smartphones with basic cameras for like $20 these days dash cams have
become popular with ordinary drivers for a number of reasons other than just
watching spectacular footage of Russian car accidents one of the biggest of
these is to record evidence to show your insurance company or the court if it
comes to that in the event of a wreck since it can be hard to determine who's
telling the truth and Witnesses aren't always available in fact many insurance
companies now offer discounts to drivers with dash cams giving drivers an even
bigger incentive to buy one but which one should you pick at first glance
buying a dash cam seems like a pretty straightforward Affair since they're
just cameras that sit on your dashboard and record everything however some dash
cams have nicer features that can make your life a little bit easier because
dash cams record continuously on a limited amount of storage such as an SD
card a good idea is to get something with a looping function that will
automatically record over your old video that you no longer need when the card
reaches its capacity but lonus what if someone hits me because they were
playing Pokémon go behind the wheel instead of paying attention to the road
will my dash cam just record over it if I leave it sitting for too long well if
you bought a quality model it shouldn't as many dash cams also have a GeForce
sensor that can detect sudden changes in acceleration including impacts with
other vehicles when this happens your camera will remember to save whatever it
was recording at that time instead of overriding it of course making sure your
footage gets saved won't be much help if you had an accident while driving at
night and your camera is struggling to record in the darkness so it's also not
a bad idea to check a dash Cam's nighttime video quality unfortunately
dash cams that have infrared or night vision which you can learn more about
here often aren't all that reliable so a
camera that advertises that as a feature might not necessarily work as promised
other bells and whistles include things like Lane departure warnings uh motion
sensors that can switch the camera on when you're parked to record things like
break-ins or battery backup so you can use it outside of your car if need be
but none of these are a substitute for good old-fashioned image quality given
that it's quite easy to find full 1080p dash cams for well under a $1 these days
there's not much reason to go with anything lower and you might want to
consider getting something with a wider resolution such as 2560 by 1080 so
you'll end up capturing more of the stuff that's going on in the sides of
your car as well but before you rush out to buy a new
dash cam make sure you know what's legal in your area while some countries like
the US generally allow video recording in public spaces like highways other
countries like Austria ban them outright
and a number of other European countries like Germany have placed restrictions on
their use and restrictions on where you can post footage due to concerns over
privacy but if the local cops have no problem with dash cam usage do your
homework and pick up something reliable not only will you have greater peace of
mind but you might just capture the next viral video of a falling meteor or
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