Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Were you thinking that your only camera would be rear facing? Most people start with front facing, for which you need rear plates for most incidents.
I think you need front and rear cameras regardless of license plate. If you don't have both, you don't have the whole story of what happened. I bought a rear camera after an incident where I realized that with only front video, the video evidence would actually tell a false story that made it look like I would have been at fault had I been hit.
I'm thinking that if I get hit hard enough, that front facing camera will be facing just about any direction by the time the rear plate is visible. I'm afraid even Abby Sciuto won't be able to pull a plate off the resulting video, which is likely to be recorded as the camera is swinging around fast, blurring any image that might catch the offending vehicle. That's why I think mostly about mounting a camera on a rack or seatpost facing the rear -- it has a chance of catching a picture or two before any impact.