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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)

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Post by honestcoyote »

dhughes wrote: post #88

I've wanted a dash cam for years but the technology just wasn't there. In the late 90s I drove around with my JVC GR-DVM70U miniDV camcorder on a tripod lashed into my back seat. No I can have 1080p video from my cellphone mounted on a windshield mount. I have lots of video but it's pretty limited due to storage limitations I choose the highest quality because my reasoning is if something goes wrong there's no point…

A better option might using a service like UStream. Download their app, set your channel to private, and when you drive places, start your broadcast. I believe they automatically archive anything you livestream, so if something happens and the phone is destroyed, there's still a record of what happened. And it wouldn't fill up local storage.

With an Android phone, this might even be scriptable using something like Tasker. Set it up to automatically start the streaming application as soon as the GPS records you travelling a speed over a certain limit, say 10 mph/20 kph.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

pixl97 wrote: post #71
smackfu wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess the question is whether Russian really need dashcams so much, or whether they are just overreacting.

In Russia it's hard to say, but in the U.S. I recommend that if you operate a commercial vehicle that you install one. If you operate a business and have people driving for you, you can review the footage and get rid of the problem employees before they cost you a million in insurance losses. After installing a system for a transportation company reviews of the tapes showed that 75% of the drivers were talking on the…

Doesn't this mean the camera was pointed toward the driver and not the road?

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by rtkwe »

networked wrote: post #80
rtkwe wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Actually, in Soviet Union you did not have any money to bribe any of them. Fixed.

That's not right at all. The people of the Soviet Union had the money through most of the country's history; however, they often couldn't easily exchange that money for useful, quality goods like food, kitchenware, furniture or cars [1] without the proper connections and bribery. Bribes were often (perhaps mostly) not payed in money, either. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_ruble#Economic_role https://en.wik…

Interesting. I will admit I was going shamelessly for a laugh there.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by Surio »

sakopov wrote: post #7

Here 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…

Very ironically, when I was reading your story, the first thing that came to my mind was a Knight rider episode (No Big Thing) as there was also a somewhat similar trick pulled in that episode... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0620860/

http://www.angelfire.com/mn/nn/Knightrider.html (No Big Thing)

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by xentronium »

ryusage wrote: post #63
xentronium wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a complex question. 1. Article is mostly based on CHP community posts and comments. Their data is strongly skewed toward scary stuff (which is the only type of content that is posted there) 2. There are several categories of horrible things that can happen to you, but mostly you can avoid them. However, sometimes you can't, and sometimes it's batshit crazy. For example, couple of months ago, some road crash w…

So is the article just picking out a few isolated incidents and painting a completely unrealistic picture of driving in Russia?

It's not isolated, but it's not happening on everyday basis too.

Anecdotally speaking, I haven't witnessed things in their "The Russian Dash-Cam Supercut" video even once. I can confirm that lots of people disregard rules if they think they can get away with it, though. Things like not lowering speed before the yield sign or going full speed through the crossing on yellow traffic light account for majority of the accidents involving two cars. Crossing the road in the wrong place causes most pedestrian deaths.

Statistically speaking, we've got 3-5 times more fatalities than EU countries per capita and about 1.5-2 times more than in US, from what I've found. Some of these accidents happen due to weather and poor road maintenance, but you can't really blame the weather much, since the situation is much better in neighbor Finland.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by pandaman »

smackfu wrote: post #53
coldtea wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, some people think the same about the US from stories they hear.

I guess the question is whether Russian really need dashcams so much, or whether they are just overreacting.

Do people who have seat belts pretensioners need them so much or they are just overreacting? If you get into an accident it's better to have them than not and it's same with a dash cam.

Also, the same type of people who posts pictures of their food on Instagram loves to post videos how they passed a Ferrari from a green light or dodged Putin's motorcade etc.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by Pkeod »

gdy wrote: post #36
dlokshin wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Why on earth would anyone bribe a mailman?

So they don't steal your mail?

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by sheri »

gdy wrote: post #36
dlokshin wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Why on earth would anyone bribe a mailman?

In India postmen also can gauge the contents of the letter or document. For example, they can recognize US college acceptance letters for students trying for further studies. Many of them will then ask for gifts for delivering the good news.

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by sah2ed »

yellowbkpk wrote: post #99

For those of you interested in purchasing one, DealExtreme has ~500 of them here: http://dx.com/c/735 Features include GPS, SD card recording, auto loop recording, auto-record when powered, stop when unpowered, accelerometers, or compass. They tend to be about $100 shipped anywhere in the US.

Has the stuff you've bought off of them proven to be of good build quality?

Re: Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road (2012)

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Post by msantos »

gdy wrote: post #36
dlokshin wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Why on earth would anyone bribe a mailman?

yes the mailman! Here's what happen when you don't "sweet the deal" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1pUm_ApNtU
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