[bouncer]

Anyone have or think having a video camera on your dash looking out as you drive a good idea.Reason I ask is i have 1 of those new Hard drive cameras and think recording everything would be a good idea.So if an incident happened you would have it on tape.

[Jackrabbit379]

Seems like I saw something, somewhere that they were working on that in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. I dont know if they are actually doing that, or not.

[flood]

it's a good idea this will work great for holding the video camera http://65.102.174.116/rammount/produ...AM-B-149Z-237U you will also need to have power going to it all the time as the battery will not last all that long. i wouldn't record on the internal hard drive thay are not made to run that much and will wear out faster. what we did was use a (walmart $39) dvd/vcr that we have for the back and i just ran a cord from the camera to the vcr and recorad on an 8hr tape.
it works great and yes it did save my butt when a kid said i ran him off the road. all i did was ask the cop the step into the truck and i showed him the vid, he looked at it and said HAVE A NICE DAY and walked over to the kid with ticket book in hand. :lol: :lol:

[bouncer]

Good Idea going to set it up when I get my truck.Just need a mount that will need mess the truck up.

If you have the option, set the camera to record 5 frames per second instead of the normal 28-30.

Also, keep in mind, the cheaper the camera the smaller the field of view. A cheap USB web cam will pretty much only film a small area in front of your truck and would basically have to sit on your bunk to get the whole picture.

[bouncer]

I got 2 video cameras besides the HD one hoping I canloop 1 to record to the VCR instead of the tapes.

[Bonkers]

Double edged sword - while great to protect yourself against others you are also opening yourself up to a lot of scrutiny. I've had cops try several times to access past records on my 'fun' car when they couldn't nail me for what they pulled me over for.

[flood]

this how i have it setup in our truck

this is the mount i use

this is the view from the camera

if i want to i can have it off before i stop the truck just pull the video out cord and the power cord spin the wingnut and have it behind the seat before i stopped so LEO will never see it if i don't want them to :wink:
bouncer did your video camera come with a video out cord...? if so all you need is some long RCA cords to reach the VCR and set the VCR for input 1-2 to get the vid on it and record. ram-mount.com has all kinds if mounts so you can find one that will work for you in your truck. the one i have you will never find as is it an old german camera mount that i have had for years.

[bouncer]

Wow that is a nice setup ya I got out puts so all i need is a vcr and tape cool.Like the mount thats the main worry i wa having is where to mount since I would be using a company truck.

[flood]

ram-mount has motorcycle handlebar mounts that will work on the grab handle. something like this http://65.102.174.116/rammount/produ...AM-B-149Z-237U or check out the catalog and you can find all the parts you need to make the one you need.