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[omega3000]

Drivers around here are becoming hideously dangerous  Had a few run ins with i own the road bmw drivers , but now id like to get a dash cam 
£30 budget so any thoughts on which one ? What about those 12.99 ones from china 

[kev2b4]

tried a cheapy £12 - worked initially until I played with it - can't read chinese ,
Do Not Recommend them.

There's another thread at moment on same subject which shows  ~£40 ones which am tempted to try.

[omega3000]

tried a cheapy £12 - worked initially until I played with it - can't read chinese ,
Do Not Recommend them.

There's another thread at moment on same subject which shows  ~£40 ones which am tempted to try.

I think mr omegaman had a cheap one and said it overheated or something  Followed a pug 106 today all over the place , old bloke looking out his side window oblivious to what was behind him or in front  Then he cuts someone up on the roundabout and no indicating either 

[Rog]

Drivers around here are becoming hideously dangerous  Had a few run ins with i own the road bmw drivers , but now id like to get a dash cam 
£30 budget so any thoughts on which one ? What about those 12.99 ones from china 

Well I got one a while back but it was £14.99   

Works fine, no probs at all but it does take up quite a bit of space on the dash/windscreen. And it doesn't come with a card so allow for a good capacity card costing more than the cam does.

[4x4]

Pop into wilcos,theyve got some cheap dash cams there 

[The Sheriff]

I don't see what good a dash cam will do, other than to give YouTube users a laugh/cry. I am out and about during the day when a lot of people are at work. The older drivers that venture out in the middle of the day are becoming more numerous and more dangerous. I mostly spend my time fuming behind an elderly driver doing 25mph or aghast at the sheer incompetence of some of them.
I watched an old boy reverse out of a parking space at asda the other day, straight into the car parked in the row behind him. He didn't stop, of course, because (he said) he hadn't realised what he'd done. Minimal damage to the cars but a young child wouldn't have fared well at all.

[omega3000]

What sd card would i need ? 8,16,32 ?? 

[4x4]

Go for a 32 card

[omega3000]

Pop into wilcos,theyve got some cheap dash cams there 

Ah i missed your post , ill pop in and have alook tomorrow  32gb for £12 off seabay 

Just had a look online at wilko .. they are selling the same ones as on fleabay for £18 more 

[4x4]

Not a bad price emd

[Rog]

Pop into wilcos,theyve got some cheap dash cams there 

Ah i missed your post , ill pop in and have alook tomorrow  32gb for £12 off seabay 

Just had a look online at wilko .. they are selling the same ones as on fleabay for £18 more 

Just remember "size isn't everything" some cheap cards are too slow for video. You need class 4 or even better class 6 

Ideally 8Gb Class 6  or bigger if you want to spend more

They record in "chunks" of a few minutes, each chunk is one video file. When the card is full the oldest video files get overwritten so that recording is continuous. But in the event of an incident, you must stop the recording fairly soon or the video may get lost.

[omega3000]

The 32gb one is class 10 rog for £12 

[Rog]

The 32gb one is class 10 rog for £12 

Not bad      . . . . . . well providing it is what it says it is. Lot of people been buying memory sticks from China that have been total crap. Just not what they claim to be.

A reputable main line supplier . . . .  pretty much the same as Ethingy, but I don't know about delivery charges

http://www.uk.insight.com/en-gb/productinfo/memory-cards/0001251380-00000001

[4x4]

Ive downloaded dailyroads voyager and that works in the background 

[belldarr]

I was picking my son up from lower school yesterday and while standing out the front of the school a Nissan 4x4 pulls up right outside the school on the large yellow zig zags and the driver jumps out and goes into the school - exits a few mins later with his child and gets back in the Nissan and drives off - when I get home I relay the tale to my wife who tells me it is an almost daily occurance that someone will park on the yellow zig zags - so I call the school to see if they are aware, they tell me "well it's not actually a traffic offence so there is nothing that we can do about it"............. I wish I could turn off my moral compass and be just like these assholes who drive too fast, park where they want and all while no doubt using a mobile phone that most drivers can't seem to be without.

Whoops - that turned into a bit of a rant - but yes driving and society in general has some ground to make up.

DB