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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 dhughes »

honestcoyote wrote: post #101
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 Ta…

I did use an app called iOnRoad they even sent me a free windshield mount for my phone. It doesn't record video but will take a picture when it's senses some danger such as a sudden stop i.e. trying to avoid the car in front of you stopping.

I thought about UStream but I am lucky to get a signal even here in the capital city; GPS or cell.

Maybe a RaspberryPi, a small webcam and solar panel.

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

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Post by uglytom »

narrator wrote: post #17

I 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.

Yea, always-on content capture will definitely record more of these humorous moments, but wouldn't people eventually feel uncomfortable anywhere out in public if they know as soon as they leave their doors, they will be put on the spotlight and potentially have all their actions shown to everyone on the web?

Definitely an interesting future preview.

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

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Post by lttlrck »

xentronium wrote: post #105
ryusage wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 acc…

'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'

Sounds like Boston...

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

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Post by pixl97 »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #102
pixl97 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Two cameras in the same unit. It's pointed at both.

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

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Post by philwelch »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #44
ryusage wrote: post #11

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?

I remember watching some reality COPS show with John Bunnell and they went to Russia to follow some of the detectives there. When the Russians would bust drug dealers, they would take their drugs and give them to addicts who informed on them. Pretty crazy stuff.

That's a great inventive to turn informer! It's perfectly logical, in a certain horrible kind of way.

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

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Post by gcb0 »

huhtenberg wrote: post #92
gcb0 wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My russian friend made me believe the only reason for those cameras was that some random guy would jump in front of your car on the express lane and then sue you for running over them.

He joked. This doesn't work with the Russian court system.

He did have plenty of youtube videos as proof :)

or maybe it was just random drunks...

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

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Post by gdy »

adamjernst wrote: post #91
gdy wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why on earth would anyone bribe a mailman?

I mailed a package to Russia about 5 years ago. Recipient had to pay a bribe to get it.

He probably just wanted to avoid paying customs duty.

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

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Post by gdy »

dlokshin wrote: post #28
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…

> 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.

Russian here. That's probably just what you or your family did because my parents didn't have any need to bribe people on your list.

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

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Post by gdy »

xentronium wrote: post #48
ryusage wrote: post #11

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?

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…

I can think of at least two retired guys from the UK who like living here in Russia.

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

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Post by Nichijo »

revelation wrote: post #70
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.

They still bribe principals and teachers. It's expected you give gifts.

We used to bring apples to school for the teacher in America, but never thought of it as a bribe.
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