Mick

Michael Benwick - Former London Cabbie (Taxi Driver) in the 90's and 2000's, retired in 2011. Now spend much of my time researching and marketing Car Cameras, Dash Cams and related products, for drivers who look out for others on the road as much as they look out for themselves.

Car Scams & Security

Not all car scams involve second-hand car salesmen. This video shows a recent example of a new car scam, a so-called ‘Crash For Cash’ attempt to claim compensation for being hit by a vehicle.  A suspected compensation hunter runs towards a taxi, hurls herself onto its bonnet and appears to play dead in the road.

Dash Camera footage shows the woman sprinting across a junction in Blackpool before she spots the oncoming vehicle and suddenly launches herself in its direction.

(Video: Universal Media Online)

The taxi, a Nissan ENV200, then reversed and the woman can be seen lying motionless on the ground, while another vehicle driving in the other direction just drove around to avoid her.

The Taxi’s driver Christopher Stewart said: “From what I can remember she didn’t really try and jump on it, she just dived straight at the car”.

He also claimed that the woman’s male companion then ran over and raged at him off camera, allegedly threatening to kill him.
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Car Accident Prevention With Dashboard Cameras & Monitors

Car dashboard cameras can play a key role in gathering evidence after an accident and help to prevent crashes, Car Accident Prevention experts say.
 
In some cases, even reduced insurance premiums are offered to motorists using dashboard cameras due to the more efficient handling of accident cases and claims
 
Occasionally I have had to report dangerous drivers to the police and the use of Dashcams can be a very important tool for recording incidents on the road.  Personally I think the police should have a place where drivers can upload Dashcam footage of dangerous driving.

Some dash camera devices can even help to ensure the driver stays focused on their driving and avoid any fatal accidents caused by drowsiness or distraction.

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Home Security and SURVEILLANCE Cameras

HOME SURVEILLANCE with Security Cameras

 

The Surveillance camera is one of the most effective tools for surveillance that can help to decrease the chance of a residence being burgled. They are readily available in different styles, can be hidden almost anywhere, in a clock, or a doll, etc. The House Surveillance camera is used for safeguarding our home from intruders in our absence. They are available in various models and cost range. Before buying any of these we should take into account the size of the house or home, as a larger house needs more than one camera for the entire place and a more modest house could possess just one.

House Surveillance cameras are simple to set up and to use. They are readily available in quite a wide variety in todays’s market. Most of them have a very high resolution and so function perfectly at night time, can record in colour and also have a tilt from little angle to big angle.

Security Surveillance is a very efficient way for guarding your home. Especally if It is a technically superior system. These systems have motion sensors which detect any movement around the property. Now there are more distinct kinds of CCTV’S available on the market, so we can get the system which best fits our requirement. Before purchasing of any Security Surveillance System we can decide what our preferences are, whether we need a wireless or hard wired drive, or if the camera is operating on battery power so it will additionally work in the course of a power-cut, for example.

We can also view and prepare our surveillance from our own PC. These systems are easy and straightforward to operate from wherever you are in the world.

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Dash Cams as Car Spyware

We are in an age now where everyone wants to SEE what happened rather than be TOLD what happened!  Cameras are EVERYWHERE, on cell phones, drones, homes, elevators, businesses, churches, in cities at the intersections, and many Police Officers wear body cams on their uniforms.

Dashboard-mounted cameras might seem to be an obvious way to improve the safety of our roads, particularly because they record continuously when the car is in motion without requiring any action that might distract the driver and because they can capture the build-up to an incident as well as the incident itself.

car dash cam recording front

Despite this, the use of dashcams remains lower than you might think, in part because of public perceptions about the legality of Car Dash Cams as car spyware, after several drivers were successfully prosecuted for posting on social media examples of bad driving, road rage and inconsiderate parking.

But the law does not distinguish between dashcams or any other form of camera. As Jeremy Pinnington, co-founder of Open-Eye Security Systems and Installation says, “What you do with the footage is where the legality comes into it.” The law is geared around privacy, which is why videos taken in public areas require the written permission of those depicted if they are to be broadcast.

The simple answer is that they have never not been legal. It’s a camera, same as your phone or what you buy from stores,” he said.

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