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Brokn Nx
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Anybody have experience with installing a dash cam in their car?
I'm looking to install some type of camera into my foxbody while the interior is out. Really, I'd like to put a setup in because I've been hassled too many times by law enforcement for 'looking like' a street racer. I guess foxbodies with Welds are a dead giveaway for citations/fishing expeditions for officers in my area. I'm never cited for anything, but I'm sick of being stopped for looking the part.
Anybody have a recommended setup or a site with info to check out? Ideally, front, rear and the sides is what i'm looking for. It needs to be mounted inside the car and not some massive thing sticking on the glass or on the package tray.
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Posts: 333 | From: Santa Maria, CA | Registered: Jul 2008
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SLOWBACK 67
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Just buy a go pro and the cops are just doing their job. Just keep your car legal and you won't have to worry about anything.
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Originally posted by turbo50:
I have no intenions of keeping anyones parts or taking anyones money.
Posts: 8582 | From: Vallejo | Registered: Dec 2005
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Wolfie351
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Originally posted by SLOWBACK 67:
Just buy a go pro and the cops are just doing their job. Just keep your car legal and you won't have to worry about anything.
Sure, he'll just tell his boss he was late to work because the cops were "just doing their job". This is why I tell people to take the tint off their windows and put their front plate back on. Don't give them a reason.
As far as dashcams go, there's no reason to spend all that money on a gopro. The first thief that sees it will smash your window to get it. There are much cheaper alternatives that have more options. They may not have as good of video quality, but it's extremely difficult to read license plates even with the best dashcams so I really don't see the need for the best of the best. I spend about $40 on mine and about the same for a quality SD card. If you ever get involved in an incident on the road, just say the license plate number aloud and your cam will catch the audio. Do the extra work to hardwire it and mount it cleanly and you'll forget it's there until you need it.
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Posts: 1214 | From: South Bay | Registered: Dec 2001
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Martinna
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If you're rich and have a BMW with factory tint, the cops will never mess with you. If you don't have money and drive an American hot rod with a tint, cops will always mess with you. There are laws for the rich and powerful, and other laws only for the rest of us. You can't have a two tiered justice system and claim to be a country with liberty and justice for all. What SLOWBACK 67 doesn't tell you is he's connected to law enforcement. In America today, this means he doesn't have to follow all the laws as closely as the rest of us do. He has no problem getting a fix it ticket signed off for him, that is if a cop will be rash enough to give him one.
Wolfie351 gave very good advice on the camera.
Posts: 1093 | From: City | Registered: Oct 2012
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Brokn Nx
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I don’t have tint for this exact reason. The last bogus stop I was driving my yellow 04 Cobra. I had my hat on backwards, shades on and arm out the window. It was daytime, and I was at least 5 under the posted speed limit. The officer flipped a u-turn and stopped me. When he approached the door my windows were down and my hands were high up on the wheel. He asked for the usual documents, then walked back to his car. When he returned he handed me back my documents and leaned into the car. He says”no tint?” As he looks into the passenger compartment. I say “never”. He says “have a nice day.”
Overall, this wasn’t a bad experience, but one that shouldn’t happen. The cause for the stop was backwards hat on a dude who looks like a stereotype. Usually, at least there’s a missing plate! I did get stopped in the same car for no windshield wipers around the same time.
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Posts: 333 | From: Santa Maria, CA | Registered: Jul 2008
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I tell them I have a active warrant and I validated my probation.
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Posts: 1901 | From: Sacramento | Registered: Nov 2012
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NEIGHT
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I feel your pain. Try being Hispanic and young looking in a fox body. You'll get pulled over for not moving out of a cops way when they don't even have sirens or lights on. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) ![[BS flag]](graemlins/bs_flag.gif)
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Posts: 18528 | From: EA$T $IDE REDWOOD CITY | Registered: Nov 2008
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fredfifty
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Why not use your smart phone?
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Brokn Nx
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I think reaching for anything has its risks in a traffic stop.
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Posts: 333 | From: Santa Maria, CA | Registered: Jul 2008
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hidnn0s
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Originally posted by Brokn Nx:
I think reaching for anything has its risks in a traffic stop.
It does, it's bullshit, but no matter what they do, it's "ok'd" by the public and higher ups. They pay out off to stay out of court/trial, and then sweep it under the rug......
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Black88GT
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How is a dashcam going to help you? Seriously, if you dont want to be looked at buy an accord. I roll tint and no plates on both of my mustangs.... Its a roll of the dice.
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Posts: 991 | From: Alameda | Registered: Aug 2001
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Brokn Nx
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It may not, but it may.
Police body cam seems to work every time it benefits the cops. When it may show otherwise, it’s often broken or switched off.
Probable cause. It needs to exist for these types of cites to stick.
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Posts: 333 | From: Santa Maria, CA | Registered: Jul 2008
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Originally posted by Black88GT:
How is a dashcam going to help you? Seriously, if you dont want to be looked at buy an accord. I roll tint and no plates on both of my mustangs.... Its a roll of the dice.
Easy. Most cops don't do their job as they're supposed to and the courts NEVER side with us unless its clear as day evidence. I caught 2 points on my license when I was 19 because the cop lied in his police report. I like his camera idea it could potentially save his ass in court one day.
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-Savage Habits-
1992 Summer Edition
1986 Hatch- catfish killer
1964 Impala hard top
Posts: 18528 | From: EA$T $IDE REDWOOD CITY | Registered: Nov 2008
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drop92
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I use a gopro as my dashcam , it saved my ass many times , I have it mounted on a windshield mount.
Posts: 3422 | From: SF | Registered: May 2002
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Martinna
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Originally posted by Brokn Nx:
I think reaching for anything has its risks in a traffic stop.
This is correct. Do not reach for anything when pulled over. You don't know how trigger happy the cop is.
Did you all see the elementary school worker Philando Castile getting shot up video ----- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM2KVbpBzWE
The trigger happy cop shot the school worker 40 seconds after stopping him for a burned tail light. Child in the back seat. After the murder, the crooked cop got let go and the city paid $800,000 to the family. Exactly what hidnn0s said. Crooked cops act wild, innocent lives are lost. The city government just raises taxes on all their citizens to sweep the crime under the rug.
Posts: 1093 | From: City | Registered: Oct 2012
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AL STOCK
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Cuzzon
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Originally posted by drop92:
I use a gopro as my dashcam , it saved my ass many times , I have it mounted on a windshield mount.
This.
Just get a simple Transcend dash cam.
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Posts: 6498 | From: San Bruno | Registered: Sep 2002
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Brokn Nx
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What’s amazing is, how affordable many of these systems are. Some are cheaper than traffic school!
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Posts: 333 | From: Santa Maria, CA | Registered: Jul 2008
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