![]() ![]() Too often, road rage incidents start when you accidentally cut someone off, or intentionally do because they don’t want to follow the zipper-merge rules, etc… I want to have that context too, if necessary. The first decision I made, though, was that I wanted a two-channel system that would record the view out of both the front, and rear windows. ![]() It took me a while to decide which camera to buy. I’ve seen so many things that I wish I could have captured on video, and now I can! In Chicago, you see it even more frequently. We all see crazy stuff when we’re driving. I’m not the perfect driver, but I definitely don’t want to be blamed for something that was the result of someone else’s stupidity. When you’re a young driver in a sports car, people assume it was probably your fault. Needless to say, if I wind up involved in an accident that isn’t my fault, I want to be able to prove it. Especially in a major city such as Chicago. Even when people aren’t actually trying to race you, or show off, they still drive like complete morons. At least with a dash cam, I’ll be able to show that I wasn’t doing anything. I have no intention of racing you and your lowered Civic with the massive wing and the obnoxiously loud exhaust. Needless to say, I don’t want to be pulled over for “street racing” just because a cop happens to see me in the same vicinity as someone driving like a complete moron. I even had someone do a massive, stationary burnout next to me at a red light in traffic once (yes, it was a Mustang.) I swear this is 90% Mustang drivers for whatever reason, but these people will randomly start trying to race you on the highway, and drive like complete morons to demonstrate their superiority. The sports car effect. When you drive a sports car (much less one that has been obviously modified), one of the things you have to contend with are boy racers driving like complete morons. ![]() There are several reasons I wanted a dash cam: Finally, after a few close calls recently, I decided to bite the bullet. This is something I had originally meant to do right when I purchased the car, but priorities shifted and I never got around to it. I finally got around to installing a dash cam in my car. ![]()
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