This is not a specific state question, but I live in Texas
I would like to drive around with one or two of those cameras pointing out the front and back of the car.
I would construct two video cameras. One would be taking video out the front window and the other out the back window. The cameras would be recording to a hard drive whenever the keys are on whether rolling or not. Each frame would be time stamped to the millisecond and time would be synchronized to the national time clock operated by the government in Fort Collins colorado by radio.
These cameras would store at least the last several running hours of footage while the car was being operated - and possibly also record the speed of the car, and whether the brakes were on or off at each millisecond.
If the car is involved in an accident, or the driver was accused of speeding or running a red light, the operator of this device could presumably use these images in court.
I feel that if the government can use red light cameras and if troopers can use them in their cars, why can't Joe Public?
My question is, would this be permissible as evidence in court (just as police cameras are) as long as the evidence they show is corroberated (sp) in open court? How about in civil matters where accidents or personal property are involved?
What would someone expect to pay for one of those? I personally would pay a little for one of those, just in case I am wrongly accused of something or in case someone hits me and then tells their insurance company that it was my fault.
The impetus for this is because my wife had someone pull directly in front of her with only about 5 feet to spare while travelling down the road and then they slammed on their brakes at the same time they moved over. She hit them but only barely (didn't do any damage at all to either car that she could see) but a few days later, their insurance company was hitting up my insurance company for over 2000 dollars in damages. But in Texas if you hit someone from behind, it's pretty much your fault no matter what. We feel this was done by someone committing insurance fraud - however they didn't claim medical damages - of course, by the time my wife hit them, she was going less than 5 MPH.
What if we had footage that proved it was someone committing fraud, the insurance companies would love that - and the police would like being able to see what actually happened.
TIA
I would like to drive around with one or two of those cameras pointing out the front and back of the car.
I would construct two video cameras. One would be taking video out the front window and the other out the back window. The cameras would be recording to a hard drive whenever the keys are on whether rolling or not. Each frame would be time stamped to the millisecond and time would be synchronized to the national time clock operated by the government in Fort Collins colorado by radio.
These cameras would store at least the last several running hours of footage while the car was being operated - and possibly also record the speed of the car, and whether the brakes were on or off at each millisecond.
If the car is involved in an accident, or the driver was accused of speeding or running a red light, the operator of this device could presumably use these images in court.
I feel that if the government can use red light cameras and if troopers can use them in their cars, why can't Joe Public?
My question is, would this be permissible as evidence in court (just as police cameras are) as long as the evidence they show is corroberated (sp) in open court? How about in civil matters where accidents or personal property are involved?
What would someone expect to pay for one of those? I personally would pay a little for one of those, just in case I am wrongly accused of something or in case someone hits me and then tells their insurance company that it was my fault.
The impetus for this is because my wife had someone pull directly in front of her with only about 5 feet to spare while travelling down the road and then they slammed on their brakes at the same time they moved over. She hit them but only barely (didn't do any damage at all to either car that she could see) but a few days later, their insurance company was hitting up my insurance company for over 2000 dollars in damages. But in Texas if you hit someone from behind, it's pretty much your fault no matter what. We feel this was done by someone committing insurance fraud - however they didn't claim medical damages - of course, by the time my wife hit them, she was going less than 5 MPH.
What if we had footage that proved it was someone committing fraud, the insurance companies would love that - and the police would like being able to see what actually happened.
TIA