Russia sounds like a pretty scary place, to be honest. Is it really as bad as this makes it sound? How does a whole country get to be so sociopathic?
Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
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Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#12The article briefly mentions a scam where a driver intentionally causes an accident to extort money. It's strangely satisfying to see this unfold: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWvG4KAYJfY
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#13Um... I read this exact article on Jalopnik earlier today: http://jalopnik.com/why-russians-are-obsessed-with-dash-cams...
DO Jalopnik and anminal NY share the same owernship, and thus just recycle articles?
EDIT: Jalopnik has republished with permission at the bottom..
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#14Russia sounds like a pretty scary place, to be honest. Is it really as bad as this makes it sound? How does a whole country get to be so sociopathic?
A fish rots from the head.
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#15Um... I read this exact article on Jalopnik earlier today: http://jalopnik.com/why-russians-are-obsessed-with-dash-cams... DO Jalopnik and anminal NY share the same owernship, and thus just recycle articles? EDIT: Jalopnik has republished with permission at the bottom..
As far as I can tell, HN considers jalopnik links spam and auto-kills those submissions.
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#16Seems like a necessity in Russia but a useful thing to have elsewhere. I know I've been in situations in the USA where I've wished I'd had one. Can anyone here recommend a brand/model?
There are a lot of cheap ones that are designed for the purpose on ebay, just search for 'dash cam'. They take standard SD video, record to an SD card and overwrite the oldest videos as it runs out of space. They can also start up automatically when they get power/you turn on the car. And they have a monitor.
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#17I think this might be a preview of what life will be like once google googles and other augmented reality headset cams get broadly distributed. I don't mean people will become as savage as they are on the Russian roads, just there'll be far more eyewitness videos of things and entertainment will arise via aggregation of these videos.
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#18Dash-cams are seemingly becoming a more essential piece of equipment for cars nowdays. For anyone looking into learning more about dash cams I've found lots of great information and resources about dash cams here: http://dashcamtalk.com/
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#19I was wondering why there was so much video footage of people riding in their vehicles' when the meteorite smacked Russia. Everyone had dash-cams in their cars because they were afraid of falling victim to a street brawl. It makes so much sense now!
That, or protect against insurance fraud.
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#20Seems like a necessity in Russia but a useful thing to have elsewhere. I know I've been in situations in the USA where I've wished I'd had one. Can anyone here recommend a brand/model?
This guy reviews them on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan
I think all the brands are "random Chinese company of the week."