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  1. Hoy Crap! $899!!??!?!! by Dr_Paranoid · · Score: 1 · on Trust an Insurance Company's "Drive-Cam?"

    I just found the cost for the device and a year subscription!!! $899 US!!!!! Waaaaayyyyy too expensive. http://ecommerce.drivecam.com/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;ITEM?ItemCode=7000-DFFMS-1YR&Company=DRV and BestBuy knows you have the device .... yet another witting party.

  2. Re:Private Car Cameras by mysidia · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Trust an Insurance Company's "Drive-Cam?"

    Except one of their partners is Drivecam.com

    Drivecam advertises a behavior-based risk mitigation program for fleet drivers.

    And their site lists a bunch of private companies that utilize their technology.

    I think the idea is right, but the order should be:

    1. private employees
    2. teens
    3. public employees
    4. private citizens who have received traffic citations; as a probation technique
    5. private citizens; get a discount from certain insurance companies
    6. private citizens; required to have by some insurance companies
    7. all private citizens; required by law in all vehicles
  3. Re:I like it. by boingo82 · · Score: 1 · on Car Owners to be Notified of Blackboxes in Vehicle

    This is where something like Drive Cam could be useful. (Currently in use in commerial applications only.) It shows an actual video of the car for 30 seconds prior to impact, and you get a much better picture of what actually happened.

  4. Re:a topic also for YRO? by theoddbot · · Score: 1 · on A Car Navigation System That Takes Pictures

    http://www.drivecam.com/

  5. A few points that need clarification: by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Texas Considers Putting RFID Tags in All Cars
    • Driving is NOT a right, but a PRIVILEGE.
    • Privileges can be revoked if you abuse them.
    • People driving on PUBLIC roads have absolutely, positively NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY.
    • The thousand of lifes lost to careless and/or stupid drivers most definitely warrant that public authorities to the utmost to increase road safety.
    • Rules of the road are implemented to maximize road safety. Including a 50 km/h speed limit on a 10 lane-wide ultrastraight strip mall at two in the morning on a clear night with no other traffic.
    • Police find ticketing drivers a demeaning task, so they will only do it when pushed or shoved.
    • Therefore, it is only logical that the State implements automatic means of enforcing road rules, such as red-light cameras, radar cameras; tracking vehicle position can also be used to punish speeding.
    • The next logical step would be a black-box that also records what the driver has seen.
    • That black box can be used to exactly determine the blame for road accidents, thus darwinizing bad drivers out of the roads.
    • With all the above said, there is nothing wrong, illegal, immoral and unethical to have the black boxes used to automatically ticket bad drivers. Aircraft have been thusly monitored for generations; if it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander.
  6. It's needed by MrScience · · Score: 1 · on Digital Cameras Help Alert Sleepy Drivers

    This guy might have lived.

    The company that created the tech to capture that video has a few more (non-graphic). Click Rear to change to the internal camera.

  7. It's needed by MrScience · · Score: 1 · on Digital Cameras Help Alert Sleepy Drivers

    This guy might have lived.

    The company that created the tech to capture that video has a few more (non-graphic). Click Rear to change to the internal camera.

  8. It's needed by MrScience · · Score: 1 · on Digital Cameras Help Alert Sleepy Drivers

    This guy might have lived.

    The company that created the tech to capture that video has a few more (non-graphic). Click Rear to change to the internal camera.

  9. It's needed by MrScience · · Score: 1 · on Digital Cameras Help Alert Sleepy Drivers

    This guy might have lived.

    The company that created the tech to capture that video has a few more (non-graphic). Click Rear to change to the internal camera.

  10. Driver monitoring by Rorschach1 · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Ford Testing a New 'Traffic Monitoring' Device
    On a related note, check out the sample videos at DriveCam.com. So long as you're not at fault, this would be great to have. I was thinking of using a single-board computer with a couple of USB webcams under Linux and a solid state accelerometer to do the same sort of thing. I think I'd add a manual trigger to catch video of the idiot who ran a red light in front of me or cut me off, though.