do u have a dash cam?

We got one after I had an accident where the other driver left the scene before I could get out of mine, hid his car in another road and then claimed all kinds of problems, I had only got small scratch.

Living in France I would love one !!! I got fined 90 euros for 'speeding' on my local road filmed by a mobile police camera mounted inside an umarked car parked at the side of the road ! no one else on road just doing 6 0 in the 50 limit without realising ! don't normally speed ! BUT I would love one, if only to prove on our local road into town limit 50,70 and max 90 ...so why does everyone pass me when I am doing 70 in that limit and disappear into the distance ! My neighbour is a Gendarme and told me they are discussing using ordinary prople's cars to instal these cameras in for their use ...I said Good, can I have one PLEASE........just on that little local road I could earn them a fortune in fines in one day ! I counted up the 90 euro minimum speeding fine I would have earned them ,,,,I think before I had gone a few kms it amounted to around 1,000 plus ! (and be nice if I could have 10% ! ) ....they have the right idea here for excessive speeding ...the car is simply taken away !

I would like to have one in my car ....like someone said, I don't think they are legal here ...I know those sat navs with built in radar detectors are not ...must ask said neighbour !

My husband had one fitted in his car when he was in England. He had it installed so there were no trailing wires. Unfortunately they are illegal in Portugal and also France I believe. So it stayed with the car when it was sold in England. I do think they are a good idea though.

We got one from Amazon. You don't have to pay a lot to get a decent one. Look for one that works in the dark as well as daylight and can be downloaded onto a computer if necessary. The police used one of our clips to prosecute a lunatic in a black van who nearly ran over a lady at pelican crossing. They're also effective if someone is being stupid and you catch their attention and point to the camera. It's amazing how quickly they start to drive properly.

I think they are an excellent idea since we were hit by a young girl going through a red light, admitting that she had done so at the scene and then denied it to the insurance company. She had even told me that she had gone through light as she was unwell and returning from work early! So her bad driving cost us £500 in excesses as no I dependant witness. Bring on the dash cams.

We have one and wouldn't be without it especially around Bradford where they seem to have their own version of the Highway Code.

Is 'Bycras' some new term of insult Lilyflower?

I have every sympathy for our Lycra-clad fellow road users, having lost two friends to bad drivers and been knocked off my bike twice by total idiots. The last time I was just cycling along happily when a car overtook me and immediate turned left directly in front of me. I braked sharply but still hit her rear door, wrecking my front wheel. She first said she didn't see me and then accused me of 'going too fast'. No way was she intending to take the blame, but luckily there were witnesses, one an off-duty traffic warden.

The dashcam habit started in Russia to prevent police corruption when the officers stopped cars and wanted bribes. However, they seem to me invaluable now to record the selfish and downright dangerous driving one sees nowadays, not least from the two wheeled Bycras.

Blimey, does that mean Bulgarian lorry drivers are just as bad as our home-grown ones! Perish the thought!!

We got a dash cam after being knocked across the top of the dartford bridge by a bulgarian lorry driver. A few weeks later another incident with a foreign lorry on the m2 in kent. All happened fast and lorry drive on, but on checking the camera later on once Again it was a bulgarian lorry.
There are many accidents in kent with foreign lorries driven carelessly so a car-cam will show what happened. Would recommend.

DH is wanting us to get one too, I think for all the idiot drivers around our town ... there seems to be an inordinate number of centurion/half-blind drivers here who pull out wherever and whenever they see fit,causing mayhem!
Sound would have to be off ... he starts his ranting before we've even left our street!!! I drive silently of course.

We have one. Very useful. Some insurance companies lower premiums if you have one

I haven't yet but DH has had one for a couple of years. He was involved in an accident some time ago and dashcam evidence then would have been helpful.

My younger son has one. He is a doorman in pubs and clubs and wears a body cam. His body cam footage has been used as evidence several times, so it seemed natural to him to get a camera for the car. Looking at left-handed's post makes me think we should consider one. His wasn't very expensive and just sticks on his windscreen.

I don't have one yet, but think they are a good idea. There is no arguing when it's on camera. Not quite the same, but Jeremy vine was involved in a road rage incident recently when on his bike. The "Lady" in car was filmed from camera on his helmet, and was found guilty.

Yes. Don't know what make and I'm not gong outside at this time of night to check it. Will post make tomorrow.

DH got one for our car. I suspect it's so he can prove it's my bad driving if I have an accident!

We are thinking of getting one after a close encounter a couple of weeks ago.

Ours records sound as well but DH turned it off, I suffer from a potty mouth sometimes when driving especially when I come upon an 'idiot'!

My husband has one - as does my son - in fact he posted several videos last night on FB of stupid driving. They're both on the road a lot so definitely a must these days. They don't need to be professionally fitted Greyduster - it just plugs into your cigarette lighter and suctions to the windscreen. i don't go out enough to warrant one really.

Sounds interesting. Do they have to be professionally fitted?

Yes. DH wouldnt be without his.
Never had a problem with it.
It records the conversation in the car too!
He will tell you what model it is when he has next been out in the car.

My neighbours dashcam proved some very interesting appalling behaviour, when he watched back what had been done in his car when he'd taken it into a local garage for a service. Without that footage, he'd never have known why he had no treads left on his tyres.

I have had one for the last couple of years - never go out without turning it on. It saved my license last year when a cyclist pulled out in front of me and I knocked him off his bike. He claimed that I should have stopped, but my dashcam proved that he pulled into my path without looking.

We have one, Hewlett Packard F300, we've had it for at least 3 years. It has an excellent picture. We gave evidence to a bus company after filming a car driving into a bus, saved the poor bus driver his job.