Originally Posted by Spaghetti Legs

I typically ride front and rear cameras, Cycliq, although they are both aged now with pretty short battery life. I recently replaced the rear Fly 6 with an Amazon knock off that worked great but on my first real long ride with it, I hit a hard bump at high speed and it bounced off my seat post and into the Meechum River. No fault of the camera as I had used a Garmin quick release mount to easily switch between bikes and it wasn’t up to the task.

Short term, for the most part, a camera won’t make me safer but I use them so my wife and the police know who to look for if they scrape me off the road one day. They can also help long term keep the road safer. I was once nearly run over by a kid pulling out of the driveway , so I mailed a still of the car and license plate to the address to let the resident know how their kid or employee was driving. Just recently I got intentionally buzzed by a kid driving a large pickup going 20+ mph over the speed limit. My hand reflexively shot up, may have flipped him the bird. He skid to a stop, high speed reverse back to me. He got out of the truck and got in my face screaming obscenities for 30 seconds straight. Unfortunately my old camera had died (I was aware as it gives loud beeps) so I got my phone out and took pics before putting it back in my pocket to defend myself. I sent pics to the county police and they seemed responsive but a video would have been much more helpful. It also would have helped identify witnesses as there was a poor lady and her child in another car who had to watch the whole thing because the road was blocked.