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I was a victim of a hit and run while parked in my local town. Video was clear as was the model of car, registration and the driver who got out to check. £2200 worth of damage. Police took one look at the clarity of the 4 videos (front wings, front and rear of car) and waited until the limits of reporting timeframe were past and charged the driver with leaving the scene and failing to report. It went to court and she plead guilty to failing to report. Presumably she couldn’t see the damage in the dark so they let her off. I can’t remember the fine but I think around £400 and 5 penalty points. Insurance paid out when they saw the video. Always park up with sentry mode on and I always check the video of items flagged up before moving off. Good luck. Btw I’m in Scotland
Sorry to the OP for hearing this, I would be so angry if it was a couple year old car but I think it magnifies when the car is just a couple weeks old. I hope the police do something and the 3rd party insurance pays out if they had it.Sentry mode is always on except for home. Not sure if you have already, but I'd post those pics all over social media.
Sorry to the OP for hearing this, I would be so angry if it was a couple year old car but I think it magnifies when the car is just a couple weeks old. I hope the police do something and the 3rd party insurance pays out if they had it.
Just curious why nobody would have sentry mode on at home? I mean for most people, home charging is available so having the car plugged in overnight would not cause any battery drain to affect you the next day (I understand for those who don't have home charging installed).
My view is that, if it doesn't cost you anything on the battery or range for the next day, why not have it turned on? At least you get a closer or better view of what is going on if such an incident happens. I have 3 cameras covering the front of my property but I will be sure to have sentry on at home too. Maybe I am missing the reasoning why it would be off at home.
For sure, CCTV is better to have installed but my view is that it doesn't harm to have the extra cameras there ready to record. I'm not sure what the efficiency impact is having it switch on through the night at home but surely it wouldn't be more than a home system would it?The car needs to be fully awake to operate sentry, which is quite inefficient and in my mind, a waste of energy even if it's plugged in. It would be cheaper in the long run to install a security camera tbh (and more reliable).
I agree with the car cams possibly catching a better angle / details, but I have two decent 1080p cams covering the front and I'd rather not have the car stay awake all the time. I plan to upgrade them to 4k, but they do a good job as is.For sure, CCTV is better to have installed but my view is that it doesn't harm to have the extra cameras there ready to record. I'm not sure what the efficiency impact is having it switch on through the night at home but surely it wouldn't be more than a home system would it?
Might have to do a comparison test when I get mine delivered next week. I'm intrigued to understand the impact.
I know sentry can fail and I know home security is more preferable but in my view, if someone is coming on to my drive to look around the car, the cameras on the car are in a much better position to catch facial details of a person than my camera mounted to the walls at home. This is just my view anyway
It's massively more impact that a home system. Leaving Sentry on consumes about 250-300W/h, so say you arrive home at 6pm and leave at 8am the next morning that's 3.5Kwh, 5% of a charge on a LR. A camera like a Ring has 6Ah battery that lasts 6 months.For sure, CCTV is better to have installed but my view is that it doesn't harm to have the extra cameras there ready to record. I'm not sure what the efficiency impact is having it switch on through the night at home but surely it wouldn't be more than a home system would it?
Might have to do a comparison test when I get mine delivered next week. I'm intrigued to understand the impact.
I know sentry can fail and I know home security is more preferable but in my view, if someone is coming on to my drive to look around the car, the cameras on the car are in a much better position to catch facial details of a person than my camera mounted to the walls at home. This is just my view anyway
What the Hell is Wrong with Some People? - Part 78. :-(I do have cctv at home covering the drive but still think it will be left on. The reason I now have two cameras at the front when before I had one is because somebody put a nail under my tyre ready for me to reverse over last year and although I could see them do it the coverage just wasn't good enough so now I have a second camera covering the other side of the drive.
In my experience you can't have too much coverage when something does happen.
Oddest thing to watch, the guy crouched down and crawled across next doors lawn to balance the nail in the right place. Luck would have it that tpms kicked in and I stopped and turned back but it was all a major pita and cost me a new tyre.
Good to know, thanks for the insights, sounds like you have researched it thoroughly which I have not, I just assumed it would not be that inefficient but you know what they say about making assumptionsIt's massively more impact that a home system. Leaving Sentry on consumes about 250-300W/h, so say you arrive home at 6pm and leave at 8am the next morning that's 3.5Kwh, 5% of a charge on a LR. A camera like a Ring has 6Ah battery that lasts 6 months.
The same goes if you are leaving your car at the airport, you will lose about 10% a day with sentry mode on, until you get to 20% when it's turned off.
Good to know, thanks for the insights, sounds like you have researched it thoroughly which I have not, I just assumed it would not be that inefficient but you know what they say about making assumptions
One reason might be bright flashing headlights "lasers" that go off when it detects something, There are other threads about these flashes.Just curious why nobody would have sentry mode on at home?
Local police phoned me not once but on two separate occasions when I reported cars going through red lights with footage. In the first incident, they thanked me and told me that they had visited the lady concerned and issued her with a warning. The second incident was actually a police car that was not on blue lights. They didn't seem as enthusiastic to give me feedback on that one for some reason ...Different country, fella. The UK is a very different beast.
Your local constabulary are far more responsive than mine! When I suffered a hit and run, the police couldn’t have cared less. They just passed the details of the alleged driver onto me (which was the opposite gender to the person who had been driving, clearly with no insurance).Local police phoned me not once but on two separate occasions when I reported cars going through red lights with footage. In the first incident, they thanked me and told me that they had visited the lady concerned and issued her with a warning. The second incident was actually a police car that was not on blue lights. They didn't seem as enthusiastic to give me feedback on that one for some reason ...
I posted in a local facebook group and got told you can't name & shame!Sentry mode is always on except for home. Not sure if you have already, but I'd post those pics all over social media.
why or why would someone do thatI do have cctv at home covering the drive but still think it will be left on. The reason I now have two cameras at the front when before I had one is because somebody put a nail under my tyre ready for me to reverse over last year and although I could see them do it the coverage just wasn't good enough so now I have a second camera covering the other side of the drive.
In my experience you can't have too much coverage when something does happen.
Oddest thing to watch, the guy crouched down and crawled across next doors lawn to balance the nail in the right place. Luck would have it that tpms kicked in and I stopped and turned back but it was all a major pita and cost me a new tyre.