EssEllSee

Almost got hit the other day. It was getting darker outside, guy was pulling out of a road. Guy pulled up, looked left (and saw me I presumed) then looked right, then proceeded to pull out as I was biking toward him. Nearly nailed him until he slammed on his brakes...

dsh

Lucky your friend didn't get hit with a felony for recording un-duty police officers.

I really can't imagine that riding with a camera every time you get on the bike would be practical, and if anything it'll just record the dozens of minor traffic violations the average cyclist commits every ride.

EssEllSee

Yeah seems more trouble then its worth until that ONE day you get hit

dsh

...which will undoubtedly be the day you forgot to turn on the camera.
Or, the camera is destroyed/damaged enough by the incident that you can't get any useful footage from it.


I'm sure everyone who gets into a hit and run wishes they had one, but really it's kinda like buying earthquake insurance in the midwest.

Crappymonkey

True. I think that when I can start riding again I'll get one of those keychain seized cameras from ebay. They're super small and the video is good enough.

KD5NRH

Highly unlikely unless you're run over by two or three buses. I know a guy who has proven (accidentally) that a MicroSD can survive the trip through a toddler without losing data, and there are some web sites where people have intentionally smashed regular SD cards and still been able to recover all the data.

ichitz

ah well. The way i see it is, chance of capturing hit and run with a camera 50%. Chance of capturing hit an run w/o a camera 15%.

btw, how is that considered a felony?

dsh

Regardless of the condition of the non-volatile memory after the incident, you're most likely to get useful information - license plate, make/model - after you've been creamed, or immediately before, neither of which is ideal. Anything after the impact to about a second before is not likely to get written to memory at all, since the camera will be wrecked before it gets a chance.

dsh

https://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns

A few people are being charged with felonies related to certain state wiretapping/eavesdropping laws, for recording on-duty police officers.

hairnet

YOU'RE EFFED!!!!!!

Even if you do get the plate number and find the guy the system won't protect you, even if the driver is caught by the police! I personally know people who have caught the driver or witnesses + police caught the driver and the system did NOTHING for them! nothing, you're on your own

LoRoK

Well I've got a broken finger. I also can't raise my right arm up to shoulder level. Also my hip and ass hurt incredibly tonight. Ouchinghausen.

rustybrown

Major bummer. Heal well, you'll need mucho gusto for the insurance battle.

xkillemallx16

Win the battle, and use the money for new bob jackson.

fuji86

SD cards, heck even computer hdd's, they're still able to get data & information off computers that were in the WTC Towers after 9/11/2k1.

Yep, not gonna be cheap that's for sure ! Word of advice, they try to settle, don't sign anything as final settlement, you got hit by a 3,000 lb car.

ph4nt0mf1ng3rs

Hope you are doing better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Duuude, be careful to =]

Crappymonkey

Sorry to hear that. It sounds a lot like my injuries. I hope you don't have a job where you need lots of manual dexterity like I do. Hope you start mending soon.

TejanoTrackie 

You may have a broken collarbone (clavicle). I've broken mine 3 times, and the main symptom other than pain is that you can't raise your arm on that side.

dsh

Did those hdd's store much new data on 9/12?

ichitz

whaaaaat. that's ********! Well at least when my coworker got doored by a police his injuries weren't bad at all. Just few minor road rash so he never had to use the vid in any legal actions.

well getting creamed in any way is not ideal I think the camera is usually not the point of first impact when u get into an accident so it'll likely record a little more of being creamed than u'ld think. Say in the case where one rode head on into something, the first impact would be on the front wheel. Then if the force is big enough, person fly over handlebars, bike tips forward, then maybe the camera mounted on the handlebar will crash. But then that camera still got the whole shot.

calbob76

same thing happened to me in a roundabout 2 weeks ago in canada! but i swerved and hit a curb instead of the car and bent my frame