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.

 

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.

 

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:

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.