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    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to RON LAUZON on Mon Jan 4 05:31:46 2021
    Ron wrote --

    No gore. The nice thing is that you can see the lead up to the accident and it helps you recognize when someone's about to do something stupid - and avoid getting caught up in someone else's stupid decision.

    The best car crash videos are VERY educational.

    I would like to have a dash cam on my bike sometimes.
    Drivers are so stupid and self centred. They pull out in front of us,
    fling car doors open, cut us off, etc.
    I, and others, have had things thrown at us, people sneak up behind us
    and lay on the horn, yell things...
    Joe
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to JOE MACKEY on Mon Jan 4 14:21:00 2021
    I would like to have a dash cam on my bike sometimes.
    Drivers are so stupid and self centred. They pull out in front of us, fling car doors open, cut us off, etc.

    You might want to try an action camera. They have mounts made specifically
    for mounting on bikes and the good ones have a mode that will correct for
    any shaking the bike might do.

    Two caveats -- the best ones are expensive, but there are some affordable
    ones out there that take video that should be more than good enough for
    your needs.

    -- Action cams take good daylight footage but, if you bike at night, it
    will come out darker than most good car dash cams. Depending on where the footage is taken, you might not be able to see much if it is not a well lit area.

    I recently bought an Akaso Brave 6+ that works pretty well. It can record
    4K video, but I prefer the 1080p with the highest framerate (which is
    higher than the highest 4k rate).

    There is also an Akaso Brave 7 out. It has screens on both sides, but they apparently sacrificed photo quality for adding the second screen. Most reviewers prefer the older 6+.

    Mike


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  • From Ron Lauzon@1:275/89 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Jan 5 09:24:00 2021
    JOE MACKEY wrote to RON LAUZON <=-

    I would like to have a dash cam on my bike sometimes.
    Drivers are so stupid and self centred. They pull out in front of
    us, fling car doors open, cut us off, etc.

    I've seen the same thing.

    But I have to say that I've seen cyclists do bad things on their bikes too.
    The cyclists that I've talked to like to say "bikes have the same rights
    on the road as cars", to which I respond "Correct and they have the
    same responsibilities and have to follow the same rules." Most of those cyclists agree, but some get mad - because they don't want to follow the
    rules.

    Of course, the number of drivers I've seen out there who don't know the rules are... well.. I'm good at math, but I can't count **that** high.

    I know that I won't ride my bike on the roads around here. I'll drive my
    bike to the local trail and go from there.

    I, and others, have had things thrown at us, people sneak up behind
    us and lay on the horn, yell things...

    I remember a Kickstarter project that was a horn for a bike that sounded
    just like a car horn. Worked really good too. 8)


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