Dash Cam?

If you are any closer than 300 feet ( that is still WAY too close in my book) to the vehicle in front of you at 65 mph, you are an IDIOT! I prefer 500-600.

Funny you said that cause a friend just got one of these hard brakes and his response was "I was at a safe distance of 200 feet when the guy slammed on his brakes. I had to brake and move into the shoulder to not hit him".

Uh...duh...ur an idiot! Lol

Remember: Perception Distance+ Reaction Distance+ Brake Lag..... 65 Miles per Hour is almost 100 FEET PER SECOND!!

I was hoping to find a dash cam with a remote where I could tap the remote and the camera would record, say from 30 seconds prior, until I stop it, then archive that footage and continue to record. I ran through a "dust devil" in Arizona, only instead of dust, it was full of tumble weeds... Was pretty awesome! Would have loved to have gotten some footage of that. Would just like to have the ability to quick record things that happen during driving without having to scrub through hours and hours of boring, endless highway. Anyone know of such an animal?

I was hoping to find a dash cam with a remote where I could tap the remote and the camera would record, say from 30 seconds prior, until I stop it, then archive that footage and continue to record. I ran through a "dust devil" in Arizona, only instead of dust, it was full of tumble weeds... Was pretty awesome! Would have loved to have gotten some footage of that. Would just like to have the ability to quick record things that happen during driving without having to scrub through hours and hours of boring, endless highway. Anyone know of such an animal?

I believe most dash cams have the option to record in intervals of just a few minutes at a time. Mine has the option to record in 2, 3, or 5 minute intervals and start writing over the oldest files once the memory card is full. I can also choose to record everything on one huge file, but that would be pointless. If I want to lock a file so it won't be written over with new data eventually, I just push a button on the cam while it's recording.

Another thing that's nice about having those smaller files of just a few minutes each is that they're way quicker and easier to copy. If I were involved in an accident in which I were not at fault and wanted to duplicate the camera footage real quick for safekeeping like Rick suggested, I could just pop out the sd card, stick it in my phone and copy the file, then pop it back in the camera again. Easy peasy.

Easy peasy.

Just like playing the Piano!

I have a dash cam, and it actually got me out of a DOT citation. I drove past a weigh station that I thought was closed. I get pulled over, and he asked why I didn't pull in. I said I thought it was closed, and he said no, the sign before the weigh station was flashing to alert drivers. I rewound my footage and showed him that the lights were not flashing at all. Turns out they turned them on right about the time I was passing and I missed it, but still caught their sensors that I skipped out. So it was useful.

I also use it because I drive in the NE a lot, and when driving in/around major cities I like to have the proof that if something went wrong I can show it wasn't my fault. Obviously, if it IS my fault then I'm in trouble. But more often than not it's been something I've been super glad to have.

Almost every unit I've seen has the capability of recording on a loop, and some let you choose the length of the loop, usually either 3 or 5 minutes each. It records continuously in 5 minute increments and then starts a new file when that 5 minutes is up. Once it runs out of disk space, it starts to overwrite the oldest file, and so on. Some have an optional G-sensor that you can enable that will automatically save the footage if there is an impact. You also have the option of "locking" files that will never be overwritten. I've used this as a way to save "caught in the act" stuff that people have done that caused me to have a critical event (unlike the guy Rainy talked about, all of mine exonerated me) and to save some footage of the breathtakingly beautiful drives I've been privileged to see and share with my family back home. Get one, even if you don't think you "need" it. You'll be really happy you did.