Should magnatom sell his camera?

[BentMikey]

I'd definitely like to see cars with cameras like they're starting to do in the US. It'll make for lots of great road wars style footage.

 

[purplepolly]

Stop! At once! Hold the poll!

If he sells his camera, someone else will start using it, maybe a novice with all the zeal of a novice. It'll be like groundhog day, only worse, possibly resulting in the destruction of the earth in a time vortex.

 

[HJ]

I don't think Mag is at any greater risk when using his camera and it has, if I remember rightly, been used to provide some educational material for bus drivers (with the full agreement of the bus company concerned). So he should carry on...

 

[downfader]

I can't see that happening, with some decent editing skills you would never ever be at fault. I think the buses that have them are more likely to inside the vehicle, watching out for thugs robbing their drivers.

It will evolve. trust me on this.

We had a similar conversation on the bikerader site to this here... the majority of them seemed to agree in some form that in-car cameras are going to happen. It will be like lil black boxes with no way for the driver to control the footage. Several firms already make devices along these lines, working mostly on impact triggered and 30-60 second loops, they are installed in HGVs and busses... some taxis but thats more sporadic in the uptake.

 

[HJ]

It will evolve. trust me on this.

We had a similar conversation on the bikerader site to this here... the majority of them seemed to agree in some form that in-car cameras are going to happen. It will be like lil black boxes with no way for the driver to control the footage. Several firms already make devices along these lines, working mostly on impact triggered and 30-60 second loops, they are installed in HGVs and busses... some taxis but thats more sporadic in the uptake.

Cameras just like that for cars were shown on the Gadget Show (Channel 5) last year...

 

[QuickDraw]

What a stupid question. Of course he should keep his camera:

• it provides endless hours of discussion on here
• it may help educate us all on what to do and what to look out for on the roads
• it generated enough publicity to make the local TV news so the impact is wider than just this forum or cyclists
• it led to the success with FirstBus and a noted improvement in their driver's behaviour
• most importantly, he enjoys it

 

[BentMikey]

Edit the footage to change the blame? Your having a laugh.

 

[hackbike 666]

It's not a stupid question.It's an opinion you either agree or disagree with.

 

[asterix]

+1

A post like Maggot's does make me laugh!! It shows us more about his/her own bias and dislikes than anything about Magnatom.

++1

 

[John the Monkey]

The "bin the camera" argument seems like more blame the victim stuff to me.

If drivers stopped overtaking too close, cutting in front, using their vehicles to teach anyone non motorised a lesson &c there'd be no video to post.

 

[Origamist]

I've asked before about the admissibility of cycle cam footage in court and was greeted by silence. I'd like to know from a legal perspective (and not Judge John Deed wannabes) if it could be used as evidence.

 

[John the Monkey]

The scrotes were not charged due to lack of evidence

Part of that could be to do with how risk-averse the CPS are - I don't know if any of you read any of the Police blogs that are around at the moment, but that's a fairly common theme of discontent.

 

[thomas]

Surely though, that means all road users would need tamper-proof cameras. Imagine a situation where a pedestrian is flattened for seemingly walking out in front of a car, then the pedestrian says "he waved me across!". We would all be wearing cameras before you know it!!

So you'd run out in front of a moving car, that wasn't slowing down, if they waved at you? You should never rely on a driver waving or flashing!!!

As for tamper proof cameras, if insurance companies insisted on it, they would no doubt only let certain people access the footage. As for my footage, if I'm in the wrong I've got insurance so who gives a poo?

 

[Origamist]

I would step out in front of a car that had flashed it's headlights and politely waved me across, yes. If he then does something by mistake and hits me all the video shows is me walking across in front of him. What is so bloody difficult to understand about that?

I assume from your second point that you are at Uni in Norwich doing a degree course in niaveity? If you have filmed yourself on a helmet cam, you do have one don't you, and make a slight mis-calculation resulting in knocking someone flying, are you seriously telling me you would hand in the footage and take the consequences like a man?

Which is an interesting point now I think of it, why has magnatom not put up any film of him making a mistake? Or has he never made one in the last year or so?

Magnatom has uploaded film of himself making mistakes. You need to have less of a life and spend it in the commuting forum, 24/7!

 

[magnatom]

Which is an interesting point now I think of it, why has magnatom not put up any film of him making a mistake? Or has he never made one in the last year or so?

Ummm, err, I have on a good number of occasions. Mmm. let me see...


View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7drPCPfWCIQ


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View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Z6RtWFTjE


View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oskDUTk2PXw


View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Izv3-sEfA

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F47UnXydDaY



In the following video I originally didn't think I had done anything wrong. then someone pointed out that the lady coming the other way, might have thought I was turning at the junction. I no longer filter here when there are cars coming towards me.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_xR9k4IAeqk


Apology accepted!