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it seems like it wasn't long ago that the only places we really saw dash cams

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were when we were sitting on our couches B watching episodes of Cops and laughing

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as the police had to respond to a report of an alligator on the loose or whatever

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but with the decreasing costs of portable video recorders I mean you can

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get smartphones with basic cameras for like $20 these days dash cams have

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become popular with ordinary drivers for a number of reasons other than just

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watching spectacular footage of Russian car accidents one of the biggest of

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these is to record evidence to show your insurance company or the court if it

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comes to that in the event of a wreck since it can be hard to determine who's

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telling the truth and Witnesses aren't always available in fact many insurance

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companies now offer discounts to drivers with dash cams giving drivers an even

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bigger incentive to buy one but which one should you pick at first glance

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buying a dash cam seems like a pretty straightforward Affair since they're

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just cameras that sit on your dashboard and record everything however some dash

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cams have nicer features that can make your life a little bit easier because

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dash cams record continuously on a limited amount of storage such as an SD

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card a good idea is to get something with a looping function that will

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automatically record over your old video that you no longer need when the card

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reaches its capacity but lonus what if someone hits me because they were

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playing Pokémon go behind the wheel instead of paying attention to the road

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will my dash cam just record over it if I leave it sitting for too long well if

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you bought a quality model it shouldn't as many dash cams also have a GeForce

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sensor that can detect sudden changes in acceleration including impacts with

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other vehicles when this happens your camera will remember to save whatever it

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was recording at that time instead of overriding it of course making sure your

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footage gets saved won't be much help if you had an accident while driving at

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night and your camera is struggling to record in the darkness so it's also not

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a bad idea to check a dash Cam's nighttime video quality unfortunately

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dash cams that have infrared or night vision which you can learn more about

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here often aren't all that reliable so a

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camera that advertises that as a feature might not necessarily work as promised

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other bells and whistles include things like Lane departure warnings uh motion

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sensors that can switch the camera on when you're parked to record things like

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break-ins or battery backup so you can use it outside of your car if need be

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but none of these are a substitute for good old-fashioned image quality given

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that it's quite easy to find full 1080p dash cams for well under a $1 these days

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there's not much reason to go with anything lower and you might want to

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consider getting something with a wider resolution such as 2560 by 1080 so

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you'll end up capturing more of the stuff that's going on in the sides of

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your car as well but before you rush out to buy a new

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dash cam make sure you know what's legal in your area while some countries like

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the US generally allow video recording in public spaces like highways other

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countries like Austria ban them outright

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and a number of other European countries like Germany have placed restrictions on

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their use and restrictions on where you can post footage due to concerns over

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privacy but if the local cops have no problem with dash cam usage do your

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homework and pick up something reliable not only will you have greater peace of

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mind but you might just capture the next viral video of a falling meteor or

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