Model S driver avoids crash through acceleration (dashcam video)

[xborg]

That was awesome, could you also share pictures of your dashcams please?

 

[Zroiron]

Blackvues are awesome!!

 

[schwedisch]

They installed your rear camera upside down!

They would be me. I weighed the hassle of flipping the camera around against the hassle of flipping the video in software if I should ever need it, and decided to leave it as is for now.

 

[Andyw2100]

They would be me. I weighed the hassle of flipping the camera around against the hassle of flipping the video in software if I should ever need it, and decided to leave it as is for now.

I just went back and read the post I was responding to, to see why I had incorrectly assumed you had the Blackvue professionally installed. You had written "Yes, a DR650GW-2ch, that I had installed just a few days before...", and I incorrectly took that to mean that you --had it installed by some company--, as opposed to the way you meant it, which was that you in fact had installed it.

I would not have written the post the way I did if I knew you had done the installation yourself. (I thought I was poking fun at a professional who had simply installed the camera upside down by mistake, as mine did initially!)

 

[schwedisch]

Schwedisch, You seem to have the same luck I have been having lately...

That driving was perfect, I am glad you shared it. if you can get out safely, get out. Looks like the black SUV had same idea. I have done that before too:wink:.

I have a 'Wedge' camera in my windscreen, soon there will be another in the back window for the same reason you mention.
I had been rear ended recently, and the perp did not want to share any of his information, so I had to call around and get his information with only a picture of the front of his truck. I should apply for a job as an investigator.

I'm sorry to hear we share the same luck I always ask to see their insurance card, registration card and driver's license before I let them go (take photos of the documents). If they refuse, or say that they don't have it with them, I'll call the police. But at the same time I would not risk my life trying to enforce that. I can definitely imagine situations where I'd rather just let it go than to escalate it. Another reason why a dash camera is so good to have.

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I would not have written the post the way I did if I knew you had done the installation yourself. (I thought I was poking fun at a professional who had simply installed the camera upside down by mistake, as mine did initially!)

That's fine, I thought a lot more people would comment on the camera orientation Imagine my frustration when I realized the camera was mounted upside down.

 

[Caligula]

Okay I gotta know... what exactly were you listening to?

 

[PAULL]

I broke no laws, the police only helped with the name of his insurance company.

 

[Johan]

I broke no laws, the police only helped with the name of his insurance company.

LOL dude. The other guy broke the law by not giving his info. Not you.

 

[PAULL]

LOL dude. The other guy broke the law by not giving his info. Not you.

ohh . . .
Swine over Pearls.. I must work on that!
Thank you for cluing me in

 

[KirkDavis]

Fun replaying the video over and over to watch the airbag pop in first car as it hits.