Thanks, KingCat.
So, thinking long enough about it, I can envision a scenario where I'm incapacitated and the camera keeps rolling, eventually looping over the incident evidence I need to keep.
"Black Box" cameras have a feature to guard against this. That is, they detect the incident and mark the relevant clip for non-deletion. I'm guessing other cameras don't do this.
Everything's a trade. This feature comes (today) at the cost of money and weight.
Then again, clearing the card is not the big hassle I thought it might be.
Thanks all. Good info and more to think about.