anth_85 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I am thinking of getting a dashcam. This one is for the car, I already have a camera fitted to my bike. My wife got caught speeding a week ago, she is adamant she wasn't, she remembers seeing the van even. I doubt there is much we can do now, but I was thinking in future if I have a dashcam fitted that logs the cars speed at all times via gps then that would be pretty good evidence one way or another. Has anyone got any recommendations for something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raesewell Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Sounds like a cool gadget to have. However I wouldn't rely on it in any speeding defence. It would need to be certified and calibrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofferz Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Sounds like a cool gadget to have. However I wouldn't rely on it in any speeding defence. It would need to be certified and calibrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anth_85 Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Sounds like a cool gadget to have. However I wouldn't rely on it in any speeding defence. It would need to be certified and calibrated. what kind of defence would you rely on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raesewell Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 A good brief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 All nextbase dash cams record speed, it's no use as a defence against speeding but it's probably great to prosecute you for it in the event of an accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I had a Mio MiVue dashcam with GPS that recorded the speed of the car. Whether it would be of any use I can't say, the dashcam broke down soon out of warranty. I've gone for a cheapy off Amazon that does everything other than GPS for a quarter of the price. It's an Apeman I think. For the money much better value. I can buy four of them for the price of the MiVue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAYK47 Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I think most dash cams do. I have a blackvue one and it's excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleck Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 The word 'reasonable' appears a lot in law. If you've got reasonable evidence from a camera you weren't speeding I'm sure a judge would take that into consideration. Unless of course there was reasonable evidence to suggest that it was inaccurate, but we all know gps speed is usually more accurate than the speedo.Also the gatso cameras take 2 photos half a second apart to back up their radar detection method, so the same can be said for dash cams if there is reasonable doubt about their accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I had a Mio MiVue dashcam with GPS that recorded the speed of the car. Whether it would be of any use I can't say, the dashcam broke down soon out of warranty. I've gone for a cheapy off Amazon that does everything other than GPS for a quarter of the price. It's an Apeman I think. For the money much better value. I can buy four of them for the price of the MiVue. Had same happen with same make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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