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Peter_L · Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:00 pm Post subject: Anyone for Dashcams ?

After seeing the panic stricken actions of people steering cars, (previously known as driving) when a 9ft high Moose decided to wander across the 4 lanes, we have just ordered a Dash-Cam, it actually fits on the interior mirror.

Not getting a camera because of an accident but because it isn't something one will see every day.

Night driving here in New Brunswick is dangerous because of Moose and Moose related accidents cause more fatalities than any other single cause.

emmerson · Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 1268 Location: South East Wales

We found the same thing in Sweden.I asked why cars had huge banks of long range lights across the front, and apparently they are for spotting moose crossing the road in the dark!
The moose can get quite cross as it comes through the windscreen!

Keith D · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:27 am Post subject:

Kangaroos can also become very nasty with their feet after they've travelled through a windscreen, but I wouldn't buy a camera just to see them again! I'd sooner buy the whistle device that fits under the front bumper and is supposed to keep them away from the car.

Keith

ka · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 600 Location: Orkney.

The hares up here are quite vicious, sometimes they seem to be dazzled in the headlights!
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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7125 Location: Edinburgh

Dipster · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 11:08 am Post subject:

Keith D · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:35 pm Post subject:

Dipster, - Yes, the camels are a worry, but they are not all over the densely populated bits of Oz, whereas the 'roos are!
The black cows that are feral and live around Carnarvon in the top left hand corner of Austrailia are also very nasty. Hit one of them (about half a ton) at night at 110km/hour and godbye!

In fact everything seems to wants to hurt us in Oz!

Peter - After passing through the windscreen the roo would almost certainly have taken the camera out and then he would start kicking his legs and that's the time to open the door and roll out irrespective of your speed!

Keith

Peter_L · Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:33 pm Post subject:

The Moose related purpose of the camera, was to catch images of the said animal. Bear, Deer, Bison or [Alligator, (when in Florida)]. on the highway, rather than as it passes over the hood/bonnet, a situation which is best avoided.

The big snakes are easier to photograph with a normal camera because they move slower.

emmerson · Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 1268 Location: South East Wales

Ronniej · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:18 pm Post subject:

Oh dear! It makes the occasional encounter with a deer seem quite tame by comparison. They are no longer confined to the highlands, there are quite a few close to Glasgow but they only come close to the roads in severe weather when they get hungry.
On the subject of dashcams, my son is learning to drive and his instructor has a dashcams front and rear. He can do an instant replay to show his pupils when they make mistakes. Very neat and a world away of what things were like when I was learning.
A dashcam would certainly be useful in the event of an accident (particularly if you became involved in a "crash for cash" scam) but I doubt if I will be fitting one anytime soon.
Perhaps they will become a standard fitting eventually. Who knows?

Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4765 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Hi
They even provide a warning sign for these around Bridge of Garten, it was on the way to Loch Garten from the village and there were even a pair of broken white lines leading at an angle across the road between a pair of under fence wooden tunnels.

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