Dash Mounted Camera

[timster2]

I have a Rosco Dual Vision camera for a few years now works great. I installed it after a road rage incident. Had some jerk very upset because I wasn't going fast enough for him in traffic. I was traveling the speed limit plus a few in a targeted enforcement section of route 80 at the PA NJ boarder, however, it wasn't fast enough for this guy. The unit has GPS map overlay and inertial triggers in three directions to save a section of video. It can also be set to record when a speed is exceeded. So far it has just been along for the ride hopefully I'll never need it.

 

[3930dave]

I have a Rosco Dual Vision camera...The unit has GPS map overlay and
inertial triggers in three directions to save a section of video. ...

Neat feature. I probably have 2 of 3 directions figured out...... is the third for if you drive over something significant ?

Rgds, D.

 

[timster2]

Neat feature. I probably have 2 of 3 directions figured out...... is the third for if you drive over something significant ?

Rgds, D.

Yea XYand Z axis. If you hit a good size pot hole or speed bump it records. You can set the trigger level for each, so a hard stop or fast acceleration, side impact or fast turn and pot hole or speed bump. In addition the GPS records speed and location of the event.

 

[3930dave]

Yea XYand Z axis. If you hit a good size pot hole or speed bump it records. You can set the trigger level for each, so a hard stop or fast acceleration, side impact or fast turn and pot hole or speed bump. In addition the GPS records speed and location of the event.

Perhaps that feature is more common in these units than I think.... but that seems pretty slick to me, esp. if you have multiple drivers in one car.

One other provision that would be useful is the ability to route those inertial triggered videos automatically through a cell phone - my take on a DIY dumbed-down OnStar.

Rgds, D.

 

[FredH]

I have one similar to what Xfaxman posted . Mounted in my semi , it looks out from passenger side , straight over hood , and see's out past both sides of fenders . Mine has battery back-up , but runs off 12 volt , hard wired into harness thus it is only on when truck is . Takes less than 1 minute to format SD card every morning , if nothing interesting happened the previous day . If I do catch something , I shove the card into my laptop here in truck and edit out the garbage and save any tidbits . For me , it is about saving my rear end and insurance , especially in L.A. area . It was mentioned about Europe and Russia , Well , Welcome to the life of a Trucker . There are people out there that do that garbage every day .

Bought mine on ebay and have had it a couple of years now without problems .

Fred H.