cel phone cam

alanchan · 01-06-2008, 11:31 AM

I got a ride from my friend yesterday
he setup a neat thing and I am wondering anyone try it before
he switch on his cel phone to camera mode
put the cel in a small holder center position on top of the dash
recording all the traffic condition as he drives
the reason he is doing it because he wants some kind of proof to show ICBC if someone accidentially hit him and alot of time there is no witness available.
can this be a good valid support source to ICBC?

aspiring335 · 01-06-2008, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by alanchan

I got a ride from my friend yesterday
he setup a neat thing and I am wondering anyone try it before
he switch on his cel phone to camera mode
put the cel in a small holder center position on top of the dash
recording all the traffic condition as he drives
the reason he is doing it because he wants some kind of proof to show ICBC if someone accidentially hit him and alot of time there is no witness available.
can this be a good valid support source to ICBC?

Was he shooting video or did he have it set to take photographs at intervals? Seems like it would only really be valuable to shoot video, but I'm not sure what kind of cellphone has enough memory to shoot video for more than a few minutes. Plus you only get one angle.

Overall it seems like something that would distract the driver much more than it potentially helps.

fanatic · 01-06-2008, 12:57 PM

Is your friend that paranoid that he feels that he is always going to get into an accident? I would have second thought about getting into the car with him

Yeah there is only so much a camera phone can hold and the quality is probablly going to be shit and not useful if something did happen. Aiming forward would only record what your friend would hit instead of the more typical rear-enders or T-bones.

If your friend is that concerned, he should set up a mount between the headrests to mount a proper video cam like what the track racers do.

alanchan · 01-06-2008, 01:49 PM

my friend has a sony erison and he put a 4gb memory card which can do video for 7 hours.
he told me in certain cases when you past a yellow light and the cop can't nail you for that because you have evidence to show.

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fanatic Lieutenant 10 Rep 416 Posts Drives: E90 330i Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver iTrader: (0)	Is your friend that paranoid that he feels that he is always going to get into an accident? I would have second thought about getting into the car with him Yeah there is only so much a camera phone can hold and the quality is probablly going to be shit and not useful if something did happen. Aiming forward would only record what your friend would hit instead of the more typical rear-enders or T-bones. If your friend is that concerned, he should set up a mount between the headrests to mount a proper video cam like what the track racers do. __________________ E90 330i \| Titanium Silver \| Sports Package \| 6MT \| Aluminum Pedals \| Breyton Race GTS f19x8.5 r19x9.5 \| Goodyear F1 GS-D3 \| 50% Tint \| OEM Rear Trunk Spoiler \| More To Come
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alanchan Major 72 Rep 1,402 Posts Drives: 2006 323i Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada iTrader: (21)	my friend has a sony erison and he put a 4gb memory card which can do video for 7 hours. he told me in certain cases when you past a yellow light and the cop can't nail you for that because you have evidence to show. __________________ 323i, Arctic metallic , Cream beige leatherette interior , Titanium matt trim , Premium , Auto , 18" style 189 sport wheels , 335i bumper + kidney grills, CF pillars, Chrome window trim package , LCI halogen.
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