Imagine the world if dash cams were standard, no reckless driving, no speeding, no DUIs, 3 billion safer more aware drivers.

>> ^VoodooV:

I really want to get a dash cam for myself. Should be standard issue for crying out loud. Everyone drives nice when the cops are around but turn into Mr. Hyde when they're gone. Dash cams for everyone would put a stop to that.

I really want to get a dash cam for myself. Should be standard issue for crying out loud. Everyone drives nice when the cops are around but turn into Mr. Hyde when they're gone. Dash cams for everyone would put a stop to that.

The dude in this vid isn't that smart, he clearly points out his dash cam before he gets their names and insurance info. I suppose with the license plate, the cops might find them if they ran, but who knows.

In Soviet Russia, dash cams...


...are probably more important than anywhere else.

...says the man with the giant weed bud as an avatar.>> ^sme4r:

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Video-of-Utica-Police-traffic-stop-goes-viral-alleging-drug-planting-UPD-says-watch-the-full-video-136604293.html


It's still poor protocol, even if that is the explanation they end up with. He should know better then to put items in his pocket, and then to go off camera to sort the drugs.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

http://www.wktv.com/news/local/Video-of-Utica-Police-traffic-stop-goes-viral-alleging-drug-planting-UPD-says-watch-the-full-video-136604293.html



It's still poor protocol, even if that is the explanation they end up with. He should know better then to put items in his pocket, and then to go off camera to sort the drugs.

@GenjiKilpatrick

Apparently you and I are watching two different videos.

The car that was braking was only doing so because there was a white van cutting it off, trying to move over because of the green van that was parked past the crosswalk, not for the people at the crosswalk.

Plus, your situation is irrelevant. The speeding car would easily have been visible, plain and simple. They just didn't pay attention. (oh, and it's not raining, for the record.)

How do you miss a car that's coming towards you on a straight street? Unless it was magically keeping pace with dash cam car until dash cam slowed down, it would easily have been visible from behind dash cam car.

Seriously, watch the video in fullscreen. They pair doesn't even stop, they walk up to the road, then onto the road, and then almost get hit. No moment of hesitation to make sure they'll make it across.

If this was taken from around a curve where the car was going too fast, then I'd agree, cars fault. Shouldn't have been taking the curve so fast. If it was at the top of a hill, I'd agree with you, shouldn't have been going so fast when it doesn't know what's at the top.

This, was on one big, long, stretch. Where the car would easily have been visible. And no, I'm not advocating speeding, I'm merely stating that if it was a situation where the line of sight of the speeding car was blocked, then I'd feel worse for the pedestrians.

I've said it before, I'll say it again, just because there's a crosswalk there, doesn't mean you just stroll out and hope for the best.

@Shepppard

That car was speeding. Plain and simple.

Not only is it raining, not only are there crosswalk signs, but there two cars with brake lights on in front of the offending car. Hence the driver's culpability.

You also might wanna train your eagle-eyes on the car braking just as the pedestrians enter the crosswalk. Their attention was probably focused there.
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Imagine you're strolling along having a pleasant conversation.

You enter a crosswalk were two cars are nearly stopped, and a third (dash cam) is decelerating in order for you to pass.

Then, 3/4th of the way to being safely across the street, some asshole driver over takes the slowing car and nearly runs over your heels.

Clearly, it's your bad.
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Got any rape victims or holocaust survivors you wanna hold accountable while you're at it? o_D?

Answered before you asked...

>> ^volumptuous:

Why do so many people have always-recording dash cams in their cars?

>> ^csnel3:

Maybe, with the caliber of drivers they have there, the dog felt he was just as safe in the middle of the road as any place else

Why do so many people have always-recording dash cams in their cars?

Usually the dash cam witnesses other cars doing stupid things. This driver was an idiot.

Yes, this is the second-person perspective of the asshole... sadly, the first-person perspective of the asshole's victim.

>> ^jwray:

It's not a first person perspective of the asshole driver. To do that it would have to be a dash cam inside the asshole driver's car.

It's not a first person perspective of the asshole driver. To do that it would have to be a dash cam inside the asshole driver's car.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'officer, dash cam, psychopath, 2nd amendment, police state' to 'officer, dash cam, psychopath, 2nd amendment, police state, racism' - edited by jwray