Do they have the video upload to an offsite server in realtime?
What are some of the feature people looking for in a dash-cam and/or a dash-cam service?
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)
#22Interesting timing with the release of "A Good Day to Die Hard" yesterday.
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#23Here is a quick story about Russian police from a few years ago. This should give you an idea why a dashboard camera is not an option, but a necessity. My mother was in Russia visiting my uncle (her brother) in Krasnodar 3 years ago. He picked her up at the airport and they started their drive back -- about 2 hours away from the city. As soon as they got on the highway, they noticed a civilian sedan on the side of th…
> This whole situation sounds more humorous than anything.
Once, it's funny. When this shit happens to you on a regular basis, it's tragic.
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#24Dash-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/
Despite seeming a bit spammy, this site is actually really useful.
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#25Seems 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?
Here's a (n automatically translated) review of one of the better ones (Full/True HD + GPS):
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#26Here is a quick story about Russian police from a few years ago. This should give you an idea why a dashboard camera is not an option, but a necessity. My mother was in Russia visiting my uncle (her brother) in Krasnodar 3 years ago. He picked her up at the airport and they started their drive back -- about 2 hours away from the city. As soon as they got on the highway, they noticed a civilian sedan on the side of th…
Looks a bit like cops in Mexico pulling surfers from California: you need to bribe but you can discuss by how much... And explain them you need to keep a few $20 so you can pay the next cops ; )
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#27I 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.
"I don't mean people will become as savage as they are on the Russian roads..."
The premise of TFA is not that "because of dashcams people on russian roads did become savage".
The premise of the article is that thanks to dashcams there's some hope that people become more civilized.
Your sentence make it sound like dashcams are the issue that turned russians sociopathic. It's not the case: now we have visual proofs but it has nearly always been like that...
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#28Here is a quick story about Russian police from a few years ago. This should give you an idea why a dashboard camera is not an option, but a necessity. My mother was in Russia visiting my uncle (her brother) in Krasnodar 3 years ago. He picked her up at the airport and they started their drive back -- about 2 hours away from the city. As soon as they got on the highway, they noticed a civilian sedan on the side of th…
> but it's still just as corrupt as it's been since the collapse of Soviet Union
In the Soviet Union you not only bribed police, but the grocer, the mail man, your child's principal, and the list goes on.
Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)
#29Here is a quick story about Russian police from a few years ago. This should give you an idea why a dashboard camera is not an option, but a necessity. My mother was in Russia visiting my uncle (her brother) in Krasnodar 3 years ago. He picked her up at the airport and they started their drive back -- about 2 hours away from the city. As soon as they got on the highway, they noticed a civilian sedan on the side of th…
> but it's still just as corrupt as it's been since the collapse of Soviet Union In the Soviet Union you not only bribed police, but the grocer, the mail man, your child's principal, and the list goes on.
Actually, in Soviet Union you did not have any reason to bribe any of them.
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#30Russia 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?
Well, some people think the same about the US from stories they hear.