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Dash cams are like computer backups
Over the years, most of us have had a bad data loss of some kind or another. The Word doc that you wrote your paper on got corrupted. The hard drive for your computer crashed with a lot of photos on it. Things happen.
In most of those cases, it’s a bit of a wake-up call to start keeping better backups. I’m finding a similar train of thought happening with dash cams; they can go from “ nice to have” to “ why didn’t I have one? “ right after an accident where facts are disputed.
I’ve had one in my car for about six years now, and it’s helped a bit. I’ve been rear-ended twice in that time, and while my camera only faces forward, it still shows that I was at a complete stop when I was hit, removing any doubt that I might somehow be at fault. That said, in both cases the other party admitted fault and the footage wasn’t necessary.
There’s also a few times I’ve captured really bad drivers in our area, like this:
