"JCAlan" (jcalan)
06/16/2014 at 22:06 • Filed to: None
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"JCAlan" (jcalan)
06/16/2014 at 22:06 • Filed to: None | 3
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Doesn't it seem like manufacturers are pretty far behind on this growing tech segment? Dash cams are more than just a toy to catch stupid people getting hurt in amazing new ways (although that is an awesome feature), they are actually a useful tool to decide fault in an accident, prove your innocence, identify criminals, and fight fraud.
But who wants another device that suctions to their windshield and takes up a power socket? Aren't consumers just now getting the clutter off their dashboards with built in nav and Bluetooth streaming phones? We're living in a time when even keys hanging from the ignition is considered messy, and a huge burden to have to put in/take out with every trip. Do you really want to have to unhook your camera and take it inside with you so it doesn't get stolen like it's a pull-out Alpine Dolby cassette deck and it's 1987? I don't.
So come on manufacturers, give me a built-in dash cam. Make it connect to my wireless network so that when my car's in the garage I can review the footage on my iPad. Make it connected, automatic, integrated, and better.
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Conan
> JCAlan
06/16/2014 at 22:09 |
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I'm actually sort of glad in some ways. I'm pretty sure they'd flip them always on and get information in the process.
Burrito de EJ25
> JCAlan
06/16/2014 at 22:14 |
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Wifi connected dash-cam that automatically uploads to a tablet and/or cloud? That's not how auto manufacturers work. It'll be a hugely expensive optional extra that's so fucking clunky to use that you start to believe some malicious asshole designed it that way on purpose to ruin your life. Then 10 years down the line it'll work smoothly.
And it'll still be super expensive despite it being cheap to manufacture. And there will still be vastly superior aftermarket/alternative options out there.
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JCAlan
> Burrito de EJ25
06/16/2014 at 22:19 |
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Which is why BMW or someone needs to start putting these things in their high end cars right away, so that maybe in 10 years I can have one in my Sonata.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> JCAlan
06/16/2014 at 23:15 |
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http://blog.caranddriver.com/corvette-sting…
Manuél Ferrari
> JCAlan
06/16/2014 at 23:32 |
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And don't some states forbid you from mounting anything to the windshield? I'm in CA and always heard that you're not allowed to do that. That may have changed though.
SPNKiX
> JCAlan
06/17/2014 at 01:25 |
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I just installed one last week and I love it... Except for one thing : my car doesn't turn off the power to the 12v when it turns off. I prayed for that feature for so many years and now that I have it, it's screwing me up. I have to unplug and plug my camera every time I start /stop.
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JCAlan
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
06/17/2014 at 07:12 |
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Well I'll be damned! That is SWEET