An honest question about dash cams and the GPS in it.

[Imurphy907]

The memory card in my camera only holds about 2 hours of video. Guess if something happens I should just let it keep recording on its own.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/its-time-to-protect-yourself-with-a-dash-cam/

“Dash cams would document an at-fault rear-end collision, but chances are if the dash cam owner rear-ended someone, they’d be found to be at fault regardless.  The same holds true for failing to yield to oncoming traffic making a left turn; the dash cam would show the oncoming vehicle that the owner didn’t see, but again, failing to yield to oncoming traffic when making a left turn is going to be the owners fault whether the incident is captured on a dash cam or not.”

There’s one important warning to consider: if you have a dash cam and it records an accident, don’t delete the footage. Dash cam footage is evidence that may be subpoenaed by a court in civil or criminal cases.

“If a vehicle owner does install a dash cam, and the camera captures an incident, the owner should not destroy the data,” Veillon warns.  “If it captures an incident involving other drivers, the owner should turn the footage over to the authorities.  If it captures an incident involving the owner, then if the owner destroys the data the other party may claim ‘spoliation of evidence,’ which in the context of a civil claim permits a jury to infer that there was something on the footage the owner didn’t want them to see. That can turn a clear liability claim into a much harder claim to prosecute.”

 

[ARGO]

So immediately following an incident, take down & hide your camera.