Car Insurance rant - yes another one lol

[kevtherev]

when i was looking for insurance quotes a few weeks back i was asked on the confused dot com if i would be willing to have a "black box" type thing fitted to my car.
i can only assume that there are certain insurance companies that will offer cheaper deals if this is fitted???
i ticked the NO box.
reason being something like this:
if i wanna do 95mph on a dry ,straight,traffic free road at 3 o clock in the morning then i will and thats my choice to do that , but then having some busy body seeing you've done this and deciding that you are the spawn of satan to the rest of the motoring public, and hiking your premium is wrong.
on board cameras i think aint a bad idea as it essentially is benifiting you and not really "spying " on your driving habits

[highlander]

I wonder if anyone offers discount yet for cars so equiped?

I bet some insurers raise the premium because it's a mod.

That's what loads of them do for cars fitted with rear parking sensors (which should in theory reduce your likelihood of having an accident ...) so I can't imagine these fancy cameras being any different.

Also, you're probably opening yourself up to being sued for filming people without their consent, or something. Invasion of privacy, yadda yadda

[plod]

I've got one in the lorry
£500 reduction in premium for having it
Any sudden movements and off it goes

[Welly]

Also, you're probably opening yourself up to being sued for filming people without their consent, or something. Invasion of privacy, yadda yadda

I'm sure you're allowed to film or photograph anyone in public spaces but under the data protection act they are entitled to ask for (and receive a free copy of) the footage. You're not allowed to publish the footage or put it on the internet without permission? that'd wipe 50% of the stuff off youtoob in a flash

[steve_earwig]

I'm fairly sure that if you see yourself on youtube you can complain and have it taken down.

[steve_earwig]

Is anyone else investigating a dash cam? I was reminded of it yesterday when a Merc that was parked up on the kerb just pulled out on me without indicating while I was overtaking it, it then drove about 10 meters and turned right, again without indicating

I've looked on ebay and there are loads but I'm not sure if I trust the feedback, there also seem to be a fair few knock-offs about. I've looked on Amazon and there are some interesting reviews - can't read a numberplate at anything over 2 meters, it kept falling off the windscreen, the locking screw doesn't etc. etc. There are also some reviews on youtube. I was thinking it would be nice to have something small and unobtrusive but they don't seem to be powered off the car and then you've got to deal with batteries and again the video quality doesn't seem too hot. Some of the larger ones seem ok, but then you've got something hanging down the windscreen with wires trailing about everywhere. But I guess you don't have to drive about with the screen folded down, and I suspect I could wire the power into the overhead console.

The one that's caught my eye just now is this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prestigio-Road- ... 398&sr=1-2
There are a few vids on youtube using it http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... tHmvIputzY
It's cheaper on ebay (some with free SD card but no mention of class - anything less than 10 doesn't cut the mustard) http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=p ... hd1&crdt=0

The most promising thing is I can get one here for a good price (which is surprising in the land of slim choices and rip off prices) http://www.diskont24.com/product.php?productid=102535 (that's about 34 quid) which does away with the usual worry of it either dying in the post or having to return it because it's crap.

The only downsides seem to be it's a bit more money than I was hoping to spend (but I suspect you get what you pay for) and it's bluddy Chinese again, but then they all seem to be

Any thoughts?

[lozz]

If you want car camera stuff,

id look on www.chinavasion.com or .co.uk carnt remeber if its co or com its been a while since ibought stuff from there,
but it always turns up and is not bad quality, (unlike some on Ebay

[lozz]

http://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholes ... unting_DVR

cheap as chips


Edit: scratch that,

Products: £ 18.50
Shipping: £ 29.96

[lozz]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1280P-HD-Car- ... 2a26970172

thats more like it Fingers crossed it turns up

[Busman]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1280P-HD-Car- ... 2a26970172

thats more like it Fingers crossed it turns up

That looks good to me. The sample videos looked good, but they would.

[Busman]

when i was looking for insurance quotes a few weeks back i was asked on the confused dot com if i would be willing to have a "black box" type thing fitted to my car.
i can only assume that there are certain insurance companies that will offer cheaper deals if this is fitted???
i ticked the NO box.
reason being something like this:
if i wanna do 95mph on a dry ,straight,traffic free road at 3 o clock in the morning then i will and thats my choice to do that , but then having some busy body seeing you've done this and deciding that you are the spawn of satan to the rest of the motoring public, and hiking your premium is wrong.
on board cameras i think aint a bad idea as it essentially is benifiting you and not really "spying " on your driving habits

So, you think it's fine for you to break the law? That behaviour is ok untill something unexpected happens, resulting in a claim, resulting in higher premiums for the rest of us.
If we choose what laws to obey, thats not a good place to be. Someone might choose not to obey the burglery laws and pinch your car forinstance.

[steve_earwig]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1280P-HD-Car- ... 2a26970172

thats more like it Fingers crossed it turns up

That looks good to me. The sample videos looked good, but they would.

This seller does not post to Croatia, Republic of

Bleurgh

[lozz]

Iput My foot down in cars at times, Mainly to avoid a crash,

iguess icouidnt do that with one of them Black boxes in place, only good thing about them ican see is if you was involved in acrash and the op said (lied) you was speeding the info from the box wouid show the truth,

[lozz]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1280P-HD-Car- ... 2a26970172

thats more like it Fingers crossed it turns up

That looks good to me. The sample videos looked good, but they would.

This seller does not post to Croatia, Republic of

Bleurgh

sorry,


try this one, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IN-CAR-NIGHT- ... 1c2856c889

[steve_earwig]

I think I'll wait to see how you get on with yours