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Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by jeromegv »

mariusor wrote: post #151
wnevets wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I bet people will celebrate this feature when Apple rolls around implementing it two years from now. Not only will it be celebrated but people will claim its revolutionary

You're saying that as if it's the same people doing both. HN has a large enough number of users for both to happen and it not being hypocrisy.

Yeah, those comments calling on the hypocrisies of a crowd are really getting boring. Same thing on reddit where people call on an entire subreddit for having been wrong or having a different opinion in a different thread.

We are talking of hundreds of thousands of user, is that really surprising that we see different opinions in different threads? I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that a comment thread about Google and Android might attract an entirely different crowd than an Apple thread.

Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by hwbehrens »

littledot5566 wrote: post #169
danans wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As soon as car manufacturers implement dash cams, government will regulate it to require that it records the speed of the car as well Why would a camera force this regulation when every car already has a ... speedometer?

Does a speedometer record how fast you were going 1 minute before the crash.

Yes, since the mid-2000s in the U.S., at least.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_data_recorder

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/p...

Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by Dylan16807 »

barbazoo wrote: post #139
Bhilai wrote: post #122

Not sure about negative comments here. You dont like it, dont use the feature! Its not like Google is forcing you to use this. I bet people will celebrate this feature when Apple rolls around implementing it two years from now. I for one, look forward to using this feature on my Pixel as I live in a city where drivers are very aggressive and in general have a disregard for following the rules. I have been in an accid…

Google is in no way interested in traffic safety and that's the reason I despise them for playing around in this field. For example, they encourage active use of the phone while driving by asking you to report and confirm/deny reports of "speed traps". It's similar to Tesla tinkering with self driving and using everyone around us as beta testers.

So what are you implying here with the quotes on "speed traps"?

There are very real speed traps on roads, and they endanger drivers in exchange for generating ticket revenue.

Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by newaccount74 »

ridgered4 wrote: post #107
bagacrap wrote: post #96

Why don't cars come with these by default yet? I have two backup cameras on a 7 year old entry level Honda but no integrated dashcam.

I'd prefer cars just add standardized mount points with power and maybe data lines. Then I could install different cheap products I selected, or none at all.

Why would they do that? Cars used to have slots that you could put your own radio in. Then manufacturers figured they make more if they sell you their own system for 2000€.

Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by newaccount74 »

SoftTalker wrote: post #164
oh_sigh wrote: post #103

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The simple answer is that backup cameras are required by regulation for safety, whereas dashcams don't increase safety.

Reversing cameras don't increase safety on my cars, because I still turn my head and use the mirrors. Old habits die hard.

Unfortunately rear windows have been getting smaller and smaller, so without backup cameras you have very limited vision.

Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by theandrewbailey »

Bhilai wrote: post #122

Not sure about negative comments here. You dont like it, dont use the feature! Its not like Google is forcing you to use this. I bet people will celebrate this feature when Apple rolls around implementing it two years from now. I for one, look forward to using this feature on my Pixel as I live in a city where drivers are very aggressive and in general have a disregard for following the rules. I have been in an accid…

After watching dashcam crash videos for 5 years, I finally got around to getting a dashcam for myself (not that I intend to star in any of those videos, mind you).

From those crash videos, I've learned to never turn left in Russia. You'll get t-boned almost every time.

Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF »

theandrewbailey wrote: post #177
Bhilai wrote: post #122

Not sure about negative comments here. You dont like it, dont use the feature! Its not like Google is forcing you to use this. I bet people will celebrate this feature when Apple rolls around implementing it two years from now. I for one, look forward to using this feature on my Pixel as I live in a city where drivers are very aggressive and in general have a disregard for following the rules. I have been in an accid…

After watching dashcam crash videos for 5 years, I finally got around to getting a dashcam for myself (not that I intend to star in any of those videos, mind you). From those crash videos, I've learned to never turn left in Russia. You'll get t-boned almost every time.

> Don't turn left in Russia. You'll get t-boned almost every time.

I'm skeptical. How does this happen if I yield to traffic that's already on the road?

Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by kyboren »

jeffbee wrote: post #90
nologic01 wrote: post #50

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Car companies already advertise new models as fully Googlyfied (as if that is a good thing) so when informed people lament that a large part of the population are basically convenience seeking, gullible imbeciles its not far from the truth. That such an important aspect of our lives as privacy would come to be trampled so easily is just mind boggling. Wisdom of the crowds my a*. The only way you can prevent organized…

That most people are not aligned with your privacy-maximalist worldview does not make us imbeciles.

No, but it's not far from the truth.

Re: Google will soon let Pixel phones double as dashcams

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Post by gkfasdfasdf »

bagacrap wrote: post #96

Why don't cars come with these by default yet? I have two backup cameras on a 7 year old entry level Honda but no integrated dashcam.

Tesla has been doing this for years. It is indeed unfortunate other car makers don't care to enable recording even though they have the cameras.
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